The sign honoring the early 20th century labor leader, feminist organizer, and communist was in place for just two weeks. Its proponents are suing, but the governor says that “anti-American sign” won’t be reinstalled on his watch.
Republican officials fiercely objected to the sign honoring labor leader and feminist organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, citing her leadership role in the American Communist Party. Two weeks after the marker was unveiled, it was taken down.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A historical marker dedicated to a New Hampshire labor activist who championed women’s rights and was a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union but who also joined the Communist Party and was sent to prison has drawn objections from Republican officials and scrutiny.
Claudia Jones (1915–1964), an Afro-Caribbean woman born in Port of Spain, British West Indies (Trinidad), was a Communist activist in the U.S., holding several responsible positions within the Communist Party and for its publications until her deportation in 1955 to Great Britain.