1891: Two African-American sharecroppers are killed during an ultimately unsuccessful cotton-pickers strike in Lee County, Ark. By the time the strike had been suppressed, 15 African-Americans had died and another six had been imprisoned. A white plantation manager was killed as well.
1925: A group of striking fur workers raid the Manhattan apartment of another furrier whom the strikers had accused of doing work from home after the strike began. Police pursue, and by the end of the day 15 workers are arrested. The strike continues until June and ends with victory for the workers.
1952: Black author, social activist, and feminist theorist Bell Hooks is born into a working-class family in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
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