 “Single-handed we can accomplish nothing, but united, there is no power of wrong we may not openly defy.”
Elliott was a founder of the Brotherhood of Painters, founded on this date in 1877; we've seen this same quote attributed to several labor leaders of the day, including William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union. photo: paintmakers, circa 1904, courtesy Painters website Comments are closed.
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