Archive for August, 2005

Whites Only Bathroom at Tyson Plant

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

excerpts from “Tyson Foods Sued For Maintaining Segregated Work Areas” BlackNews.com, 8/31/05
Whites Only Sign and Padlock Placed on Bathroom Door
Ashland, AL (BlackNews.com) - A lawsuit alleges that Tyson Foods, Inc. is responsible for maintaining a segregated bathroom and break room, reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, in its Ashland, Alabama chicken processing plant.
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40th Anniversary of Watts

Friday, August 12th, 2005

excerpt from “40th Anniversary of Watts,” DemocracyNow.org, 8/11/05
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Watts uprising in Los Angeles. A white California Highway Patrol officer named Lee Minikus pulled over 21(twenty-one) year-old Marquette Frye, who was black, on suspicion of drunk driving. Frye had been driving in the car with his brother and additional officers […]


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