Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with labor activist Mike Araujo to talk about his father. George Araujo was a child of the Great Depression who became a boxer. Coming out of the historical Cape Verdean community in Providence, he embraced anti-racism and unionism as the ethos that defined his activism. At a time when race and racism are back in the headlines and leaders from the past are beginning to impact our present politics, here is a real figure from that past whose message should and does matter.
