https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d en-us 2021-01-26 01:48:54 UTC 2023-03-05 03:06:21 UTC hello@padlet.com jrobertsonbailey001 https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1124755327 Nellie stone Johnson was an African American leader who was involved in labor politics she was a young girl growing up on a farm and she was raised on an farm.

Her main goal was to get into labor politics as she got older, she became a resident of Minneapolis]]> 2021-01-26 01:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1124755327 jrobertsonbailey001 https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1125088856 she was raised on a farm with her six siblings her father was a member of the Non- Partisan league her mother and grandmother were teachers with an interest in political philosophy, She graduated from Hinckley high school and left home a 17 to finish high school ]]> 2021-01-26 05:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1125088856 jrobertsonbailey001 https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1128271809 She started working for the Minneapolis Athletic Club, she also helped found Local 665 of the hotel and restaurant, In the late 1930’s she was one of the most best forces in civil rights and labor politics movement in Minnesota. ]]> 2021-01-26 18:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1128271809 jrobertsonbailey001 https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1128962109 In 1950, the Athletic club fired her for organizing while on the job, after that she started her own business which was called Nellies Zipper and Shirt repair shop. For 


over 30 years she owned a shop in downtown Minneapolis, and she was still supporting labor causes. Throughout her career in the 1940’s  She got into labor politics as the civil rights movement.]]> 2021-01-26 20:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1128962109 jrobertsonbailey001 https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1129546873 According to my source, Nellie Stone Johnson was one of the first African American women to sit contract-negotiating committee.]]> 2021-01-27 01:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1129546873 jrobertsonbailey001 https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1129638047 In 1995 she got a honorary doctoral degree from St. Cloud State University. She continued to support the movement she believed in, the year she later passed away in 2002 April 2nd.]]> 2021-01-27 02:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertsonbailey001/l7yat6y12elb0c5d/wish/1129638047