Political prisoners -- United States -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
18 Union and Socialist Leaders Have Lost Their Freedom...., 1944
Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.26
Scope and Contents
"15 of the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Union Local 544-CIO and of the Socialist Workers Party are shown marching to jail in Minneapolic on Dec. 31 to begin serving their twelve to sixteen month prison sentences...."
Dates:
Publication: 1944
Letter from James T. Farrell (Chairman) to Friends, 1944
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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.26
Scope and Contents
"Dear Friend: When the 18 Minneapolis union and socialist leaders were placed behind prison bars on Decembver 31st, Roger Baldwin, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union declared: This imprisonment nevewr should have taken place...."
Dates:
1944
Pamphlet, 1944
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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.26
Scope and Contents
Single page of a pamphlet which lists National Committee members, list of unions supporting the Minneapolic Case, and what YOU can do to help free the "18".
Dates:
Publication: 1944