A popular childhood legend hides an ugly truth of exploitation, racism, and the legalized slavery of the US prion system.
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Erik Loomis
This Day in Labor History: December 1, 1868. A young black former Union soldier named John Henry was among a group of convicts sent from Richmond to West Virginia to blast a railroad tunnel, where he would soon die. Let's talk the real John Henry, an actual human being who suffered under racism!
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