On 8 January 1950, radical newspaper The Daily Compass began publishing a series of articles exposing the Bronx "slave market". Unemployed African American women would gather near department stores to be hired at rock bottom wages by white housewives. Here are the articles, including fascinating first-hand accounts of the markets and the appalling working conditions: https://libcom.org/history/bronx-slave-market-1950-marvel-cooke
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