Amsterdam News, Nov, 5, 2020 longtime Democratic Party politician in NYC, with a background that's related to the Communist Party
Born Aug. 27, 1928, in Orangeburg, S.C., Spigner and his family moved to Queens during the Great Depression. He graduated from Central Needle Trades High School in 1947 and began working at a shoe factory, along with his enrollment in the Jefferson School of Social Science. At Jefferson he was instilled with the various skills and tactics of organized labor. In the 1950s he was employed as a city bus driver and subsequently joined the Negro American Labor Council. He was a key organizer of its Queens branch. full at http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/nov/05/queens-king-politics-archie-spigner-dead-92/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3372): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/3372 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78163426/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
