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Steelworkers at a union meeting
| Date | March 1942 |
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| Location | Chicago Illinois United States |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 1/8 x 9 9/16 in. (18.1 x 24.3 cm) Paper: 8 1/4 x 10 3/16 in. (21 x 25.9 cm) |
| Print medium | Photo-Gelatin silver |
During the fiver years preceding the Second World War, the workers in the mass-production industries-including steel, meatpacking, farm equipment-selected the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) union. Belief in racial equality between black and white workers was a component party of CIO principles, and its leaders worked hard to recruit black members to newly-organized, integrated union and they supported community initiates against discrimination.
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Museum Purchase, 2003
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Accession No. 54.2003