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Black freedom met with deadly resistance · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  On this day in labor history, the year was 1866.
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  That was the day known as the Mechanics' Institute Massacre.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Friday, July 31st.
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  Black Republicans were confronted by a mob of white Democrats, ex-Confederate
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  soldiers, and police determined to prevent Blacks from attaining any
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  semblance of civil or political rights.
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  That's from Labor History in two on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  On today's labor arts calendar, the San Francisco Labor Fest is hosting
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  the US premiere screening of When Ice Melts online at 5:00 PM PST.
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  Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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  where you can also subscribe to the Labor Heritage Foundation's
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  free weekly newsletter
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  In today's labor history on this date in 1970, members of the
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  National Football League Players Association began what would be a
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  two-day strike, their very first.
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  The issues?
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  Pay, pensions, the right to arbitration, and the right to have agents.
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  Today's labor quote is by Marvin Miller, who said, "Why did the issue of greed only
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  enter the picture when the players finally got a fairer slice of the pie? Lest we
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  forget, that pie became bigger because of the players' unionizing efforts."
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
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  Plus, a non-profit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
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  More information at unionplus.org.
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  This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.