Morris Rosenfeld
By Morris Rosenfeld
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News Two Letters on the Death of the Immolated Worker Girls
Originally published in the Forverts, April 2, 1911 Come home, my daughter, come back home A man has told us about America That the factories are not safe there That it’s dangerous to ride the iron-train. People live there on the fifth floor — what a fright! And a person’s life is not worth a…
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News The March of Tears
Originally published in the Forverts, April 6, 1911 A black parade, a black day, a black sky and a black earth. Black rows of mourners walked through rain-soaked streets as black threatening clouds dragged through the air; it was as if the day had been custom-ordered for this singular soundless, deeply mournful funeral march. Never…
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