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Organizing in the South

By Joe Atkins

Jackson Free Press | February 15, 2013

The spirit of revival certainly was in the air at Tougaloo College's Holmes Hall  Jan. 29, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to show support for Nissan workers seeking a union election at the giant plant in Canton.

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