EP20: Paddy Whalen with Craig G. Simpson

Written By Reese Crispen

The Life of Union Activist Paddy Whalen with Craig Simpson. Paddy Whalen was an active organizer on Baltimore's waterfront in the 1930's, changing his union to end discrimination. He led a Midnight March to Washington to demand relief funds through the union.

Images from left-to-right:

  1. Mug shot of Paddy Whalen

  2. “Baltimore Soviet” marches on D.C. in 1934

  3. The “Midnight March of the Baltimore Brigade.”

  4. The Baltimore NMU fought for integration.

  5. Women were also members of the NMU: Elsa Landstrom, a striker at the Midnight March.

  6. Baltimore NMU banner at 1939 march on D.C.

  7. Portrait of Paddy Whalen by Alice Need

  8. Paddy Whalen

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