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Wobbly B Duck Sue Attacked (1912) On this day in 1912, Korean IWW organizer B Duck Sue was beaten severely with heavy whips for organizing fifty-two plantation laborers
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Wobbly B Duck Sue Attacked (1912)
Sat Nov 30, 1912
The following passage is taken verbatim from the University of Washington's IWW History Project, which has produced a database of "Arrests, Prosecutions, Beatings, and other Violence 1906-1920" from the history of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW):
On this day in 1912, Korean IWW organizer B Duck Sue was beaten severely with heavy whips for organizing fifty-two plantation laborers. He was forced out of the county, but the workers' wages were increased from twenty dollars a month to twenty four dollars a month.
- Date: 1912-11-30
- Learn More: depts.washington.edu, depts.washington.edu.
- Tags: #IWW.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org