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Anthony Cassius

1907–1983

United States

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Anthony Brutus Cassius (June 29, 1907 – August 1, 1983) was an African-American businessman, activist, and labor organizer in Minneapolis. He organized an all-Black waiters union at the Curtis Hotel in 1935 and owned three bars which were some of the first consistently integrated spaces in Minneapolis.

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