Red Caps Union portrait, 1938

ID: 4307 ~ Source: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Employment - Marie Richardson, United Federal Workers' Rep: 1638 Florida Avenue NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Employment - Marie Richardson, United Federal Workers' Rep: 1638 Florida Avenue NW

Civil Rights Tour: Employment - Marie Richardson, United Federal Workers' Rep: 1638 Florida Avenue NW

By DC Historic Preservation Office

Marie Richardson (1920-1987) became a labor and civil rights activist in the 1930s, while a student at Cardozo High School. Her father handled baggage at Union Station, and together they helped…