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Arkansas Bans Anarchy and "Bolshevism" (1919)March 28th, 1919
On this day in 1919, Arkansas, joining the majority of U.S. states at the time, passed a law to explicitly "punish anarchy and to prevent the introduction and spread of Bolshevism and kindred doctrines" within its borders.
Image: Charles Brough, the Arkansas Governor who signed Act 512 into law, in 1919
Clara Lemlich (1886 - 1982)March 28th, 1886
Clara Lemlich Shavelson, born on this day in 1886, was a Jewish communist and labor leader of the "Uprising of 20,000", a massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909.