yet he was one of the original great leaders of the american working class to '04 on the american railway union and put them into one large union. to develop a program with the socialist party six times including ones from a jail cell because he opposed world war i and was sent to jail the he had votes from a jail cell. also from the historical perspective coming he was extraordinary i would not spending -- mind spending time on an island with him. be other person everyone has heard of but doesn't appreciate his strength and genius is martin luther king, jr.. but what the media has done with him over the years is to say she was brave and great and help to break down segregation in this house to bring the voting rights act. what they do not tell you and try to erase from the history is that when he was assassinated he was not on a civil-rights demonstration'' of'' but helping bridge workers in memphis tennessee . who were really working for terrible wages and in terrible working conditions. she was also in the process of putting together the poor people's election that was black and white sandy