Nominated for: his work in independent black media. He was one of the activist journalists on the front lines in Ferguson.
For more information: http://elonjameswhite.com/
http://thisweekinblackness.com/
https://twitter.com/elonjames
Nominated for: being a union/labor organizer, his political songs, satirical poems, and being a rousing orator.
For more information:
http://www.iwwbookreview.com/The-Man-Who-Never-Died.htm
http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labor-History/Joe-Hill-1879-1915
http://www.joehill.org/
http://www.folkarchive.de/hill.html
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/8/25/exclusive_joan_baez_performs_joe_hill
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