Racial #segregation is far from a uniquely American evil, and on #ThisDayInHistory in 1953, #communist boxer #LenJohnson faced it in the #OldAbbeyTaphouse in #Manchester, England. Refused service for being #Black, he organized a 200-strong picket of the pub that desegregated it.
September 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Racial #segregation is far from a uniquely American evil, and on #ThisDayInHistory in 1953, #communist boxer #LenJohnson faced it in the #OldAbbeyTaphouse in #Manchester, England. Refused service for being #Black, he organized a 200-strong picket of the pub that desegregated it.