Always Bring a Crowd

This is the story of Frank Lumpkin, son of sharecroppers who moved from Georgia to the orange groves of Florida. He became a professional boxer, construction worker, merchant seaman, steel worker and a leader of the Communist Party, USA. When Chicago’s Wisconsin Steel closed suddenly without paying the workers, Lumpkin led a 17-year fight for justice, and they won! The victories they won inspire workers everywhere.

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Always Bring a Crowd

This is the story of Frank Lumpkin, son of sharecroppers who moved from Georgia to the orange groves of Florida. He became a professional boxer, construction worker, merchant seaman, steel worker and a leader of the Communist Party, USA. When Chicago’s Wisconsin Steel closed suddenly without paying the workers, Lumpkin led a 17-year fight for justice, and they won! The victories they won inspire workers everywhere.

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Always Bring a Crowd

Always Bring a Crowd

Always Bring a Crowd

Always Bring a Crowd

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Overview

This is the story of Frank Lumpkin, son of sharecroppers who moved from Georgia to the orange groves of Florida. He became a professional boxer, construction worker, merchant seaman, steel worker and a leader of the Communist Party, USA. When Chicago’s Wisconsin Steel closed suddenly without paying the workers, Lumpkin led a 17-year fight for justice, and they won! The victories they won inspire workers everywhere.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780717808076
Publisher: International Publishers Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 05/13/2020
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 348
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Beatrice Lumpkin, the author, is Frank Lumpkin's wife. She was chair of the Wisconsin Steel Workers Women's Committee

Son of a top leader of the United Steel Workers of America

Table of Contents

Part I. The Lumpkin Family

Part II. Chicago and Wisconsin Steel

Part III. Save our Jobs

Part IV. Political Action

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