"May Day is about defending workers' rights and livelihoods internationally," said Wassim Hage of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, part of the Oakland Sin Fronteras coalition, in a statement about Wednesday's May Day rally in Oakland.
Rep. Charles Diggs of Michigan formed the Democratic Select Committee, which became formally organized into the Congressional Black Caucus two years later in 1971.
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