Speaker's Corner on Eastern Avenue (2014)

ID: 1026 ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Rachel Donaldson ~ Date: 2014
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Speaker's Corner on Eastern Avenue (2014)

View of the traffic island at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and Lehigh Street, which was used as a speakers' corner.

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By Rachel Donaldson
In the 1930s, when the managers at Bethlehem Steel remained staunchly opposed to unionization, labor activists at Sparrow’s Point faced real challenges. According to Ellen Pinter, men couldn’t wear union buttons for fear of losing their jobs. During…