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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://union.place/users/BlogWood/statuses/112796987633934353">WORKER-19 (blogwood@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 03:08:50 JST</a><a href="https://union.place/@BlogWood" title="blogwood@union.place"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/84561-48-20230103205221.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="WORKER-19" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">WORKER-19</a></section><article><p>In 1938, about 600 workers — predominantly Black women — walked off the job in what was then the self-proclaimed “Crab Capital of the World” to protest a wage cut at the Crisfield crab-picking houses: <br>Black women crab pickers risked it all in 1938. Maryland finally recognizes them. <br><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/five-weeks-that-rocked-crisfield-ZFQBFSVWY5EIPHNVBI7DZ5WDOU/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/five-weeks-that-rocked-crisfield-ZFQBFSVWY5EIPHNVBI7DZ5WDOU/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3383765#notice-6658018">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-07-17T03:08:50+09:00" title="Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 03:08:50 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://union.place/@BlogWood/112796987633934353" rel="external" title="Sent from union.place via ActivityPub">union.place</a></span></span><a href="https://union.place/@BlogWood/112796987633934353">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.thebaltimorebanner.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/five-weeks-that-rocked-crisfield-ZFQBFSVWY5EIPHNVBI7DZ5WDOU/">Black women crab pickers risked it all in 1938. Maryland finally recognizes them.</a></h5><div> from <span>Rona Kobell</span></div></header><div>The Maryland Department of Transportation recently installed a historic marker on Route 413 in Crisfield to commemorate the 86th anniversary of a strike by about 600 workers — predominantly Black women — for fair wages in the seafood industry. It’s part of a statewide effort to recognize history that has been left out or gone unacknowledged.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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WORKER-19 (blogwood@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 03:08:50 JST WORKER-19
In 1938, about 600 workers — predominantly Black women — walked off the job in what was then the self-proclaimed “Crab Capital of the World” to protest a wage cut at the Crisfield crab-picking houses:
Black women crab pickers risked it all in 1938. Maryland finally recognizes them.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/social-justice/five-weeks-that-rocked-crisfield-ZFQBFSVWY5EIPHNVBI7DZ5WDOU/
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  Black women crab pickers risked it all in 1938. Maryland finally recognizes them.
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  The Maryland Department of Transportation recently installed a historic marker on Route 413 in Crisfield to commemorate the 86th anniversary of a strike by about 600 workers — predominantly Black women — for fair wages in the seafood industry. It’s part of a statewide effort to recognize history that has been left out or gone unacknowledged.

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