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History > USA > Civil rights > Activists
James Haughton 1929-2016
James Haughton during a news conference in 1979.
Photograph: John Sotomayor The New York Times
James Haughton, Who Fought Racial Barriers in Building Trades, Dies at 86 NYT MAY 5, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/
James Haughton Jr. 1929-2016
civil rights advocate who aggressively challenged racial barriers to hiring at construction sites in the 1960s and ’70s and promoted programs to train black and Hispanic apprentices in the building trades
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Mr. Haughton, a construction worker’s son, was best known for breaking with more moderate proponents of equal opportunity in hiring and housing to form what became known in 1969 as Fight Back, a group based in Harlem.
Fight Back documented discrimination; staged boycotts, protests and sit-down strikes; and filed lawsuits (sometimes with Columbia University’s Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law) against contractors and unions that were closed to newcomers, a consequence, the group said, of nepotism and racism.
Fight Back also provided counseling and placement services when jobs became available.
In 1972, racial minorities made up more than a third of New York City’s population but accounted for only about 2 percent of union members in skilled construction jobs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/nyregion/
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