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Labor History in 2:00

Labor History in 2:00

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A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.Copyright 2014 . All rights reserved. Mundial
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  • April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors

    April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors
    Apr 20 2026

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1853. That was the day that Harriet Tubman led her first trip on the underground railroad, the clandestine network that helped enslaved people escape slavery and move north to freedom. One of the most remembered ‘conductors’ on the railroad, Tubman had herself escaped slavery in eastern Maryland.

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  • April 19 - Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City

    April 19 - Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City
    Apr 19 2026

    This marks the day one of the most horrendous acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. History occurred in Oklahoma City.

    A truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killing 168 people.

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  • April 18 - Labor’s First Lawyer

    April 18 - Labor’s First Lawyer
    Apr 18 2026

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1857. That was the day that Clarence Darrow was born in Kinsman, Ohio. Darrow was perhaps the original U.S. labor lawyer. Known to be a friend to underdogs, Darrow once supposedly said, “Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.”
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