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This Week in People’s History, Mar 26 – Apr 1

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Western Federation of Miners poster, "Is Colorado in America?"
Unions Set Back by Troops (1904), A Century of Young People's Concerts (1924), Brazilian Fascists Get the Nod (1964), Freedom on the Slow Road (1799), Big Money in Bananas (1899), Good Trouble on Stage (1949), Agrarian Communism 'Way Back When (1649)

A ‘Wary Faith’ in the Courts

Eric Foner New York Review
A groundbreaking new book demonstrates that even during the days of slavery, African Americans knew a lot more about legal principles than has been imagined.