Seeds of Fire, July 7 July 7, 1903: Labour organizer Mother Jones leads the “March of the Mill Children” over 100 miles from Philadelphia to President Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island summer home in Oyster Bay, New York, to publicize the harsh conditions of child labour and to demand a 55-hour work week. July 7, 1912: Grabow Riot. Unionized timber workers in Louisiana, members of the Industrial Workers of the World, confront mill owners and their agents near Grabow (Graybow). Four men die in the violent clash, and some 50 are wounded. July 7, 1979: 2,000 American Indian activists and anti-nuclear demonstrators march through the Black Hills of western South Dakota to protest the development of uranium mines on native lands. Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology - compiled by Ulli Diemer for Connexions – connexions.org/CxLibrary/Docs/SeedsofFire.htm
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