Ben Fletcher

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Ben Fletcher
Fletcher's Leavenworth Penitentiary mugshot, September 1918
Born(1890-04-13)April 13, 1890
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 1949(1949-07-10) (aged 59)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Occupations
Years active1913–1949

Benjamin Harrison Fletcher (April 13, 1890 – July 10, 1949) was an early 20th-century African-American labor leader and public speaker. He was a prominent member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or the "Wobblies"), a left-wing trade union which was influential during his time. Fletcher co-founded and helped lead the interracial Local 8 branch of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union.

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