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Jane Coaston

22 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read

https://twitter.com/nytarchives/status/1363843519517966339

A thing to note here is that they were charged with violating the Alabama Anti-Boycott Act of 1921. It was illegal in that state to boycott a business.

https://twitter.com/nytarchives/status/1363843519517966339

Also:

If you wondered “where did that anti-boycott law come from”

In general, laws against boycotts of any kind tend to have the bad consequences one might expect.

And if you wondered “did this strike have something to do with racial inequality and did this strike end horrifyingly” the answer is “yep”

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