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Beatrice Lumpkin
Coverage of Beatrice Lumpkin in the Nexus archive.
- Beatrice Lumpkin, workers’ rights leader and 'rock of the movement,' dies at 107
Beatrice Lumpkin, a workers' rights leader and Communist Party member for nearly 90 years, died at 107. She was involved in labor struggles in Chicago, including supporting Starbucks unionization and advocating for workers fired at the Wisconsin Steel plant closure in 1980.