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Podcast: Footnoting History
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The Newsies Strike of 1899
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:22:40
Publish Date: 2023-04-08 04:40:00
Description:

(Christine) In the summer of 1899, young New York newspaper sellers took a stand against publishing magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. In this episode, Christine looks at the causes, events, and outcome of the strike, as well as how it inspired a Disney cult classic film almost a century later.
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