May 6

Works Projects Administration (WPA) established at a cost of $4.8 billion --
more than $72 billion in 2011 dollars -- to provide work opportunities for
millions during the Great Depression - 1935

400 black women working as tobacco stemmers walk off the job in a
spontaneous revolt against poor working conditions and a $3 weekly wage at
the Vaughan Co. in Richmond, Va. - 1937

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