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The first article in our series Hard Labor: The Fight For Inclusion in Skilled Trades starts in the summer of 1963 when activists were blocking the construction site of what would become SUNY Downstate Hospital.
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“It was a moving sight to see the cream of Brooklyn’s [B]lack leaders tossed around in the struggle to obtain better economic opportunity for minority members,” an AmNews article told readers.
Activists were fighting for Black and brown workers to be included on the job site.
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Demonstrations co sponsored by NatUrbanLeague, NAACP and others began picketing and eventually blocking access to the worksite, leading to the arrest of more than 40 activists, including many clergy members.
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