Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — FIGHT IS WON BY NEGROES [ARTICLE]

FIGHT IS WON BY NEGROES

Will Be Admitted Into-A. F. of L. on Equal Terms With Whites. Montreal, June 11. —The fight of negro delegates to the convention of the American Federation of Labor for recognition and equality with white workers in their unions furnished the most spectacular development of the day. In spite of the opposition of representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, against whose organization the attack centered, the convention voted to Instruct the executive council of the federation to request the brotherhood to admit colored workers on equal terms.