Ben Fletcher

This article is about the IWW organizer. For the colonial governor, see Benjamin Fletcher. For the member of an English music duo, see Aquilo (band).
Ben Fletcher
Fletcher photographed in September 1918
BornApril 13, 1890
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died1949
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Occupation(s)Union activist, longshoreman

Benjamin Harrison Fletcher (April 13, 1890 – 1949) was an early 20th-century African-American labor leader and public speaker. He was a prominent member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or the "Wobblies"), a left-wing trade union which was influential during his time.[1][2][3] Fletcher co-founded and helped lead the interracial Local 8 branch of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union.[2]

  1. ^ "FREE 38 I.W.W.'S ON BAIL.; Haywood and Others to Leave Prison Pending Court Review". The New York Times. April 2, 1919.
  2. ^ a b Cole, Peter (2020-12-01). "The Great Black Radical You've Never Heard Of". In These Times. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
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