“I have pleaded your case not in the tones of a feeble mendicant asking for alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled.”

About John L. Lewis

Labor Leader • American

John Llewellyn Lewis was a powerful and influential American leader who served as the president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) for four decades. He was a major figure in American labor history, known for...