Always Bring a Crowd: The Story of Frank Lumpkin, Steelworker

by Beatrice Lumpkin

When Wisconsin Steel closed without paying the workers in Chicago, Frank Lumpkin organized the Save Our Jobs Committee. They fought 17 years and won settlements of $19 million. Son of Georgia cotton sharecroppers, Lumpkin became a professional boxer, orange picker, construction worker, merchant seaman, steel-worker and leader of the Communist Party USA.Bring a Crowd Yes. It is masses of people in action who make the turning points in history. And...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717807258
• ISBN13: 9780717807253
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: International Publishers
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.2"