When washerwomen used a world's fair as leverage
In 1881, Black laundresses organized for better pay as Atlanta prepared to welcome the world.
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When washerwomen used a world's fair as leverage
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Du Bois and Atlanta University students used design to challenge racist claims at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
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