Ben Fletcher
Ben Fletcher | |
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Fletcher photographed in September 1918 | |
| Born | April 13, 1890 |
| Died | July 10, 1949 |
| Occupation(s) | Union activist, longshoreman |
Benjamin Harrison Fletcher (April 13, 1890 – 1949) was an early 20th-century African-American labor leader and public speaker. He was a prominent member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or the "Wobblies"), a left-wing trade union which was influential during his time. Fletcher co-founded and helped lead the interracial Local 8 branch of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union.