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Mike Hamlin

1935–2017

United States

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Mike Hamlin (1935-2017) was an American labor activist and social worker. Hamlin was born in Mississippi and moved to Ecorse, Michigan just outside of Detroit in 1947. Hamlin is featured in the documentary Finally Got The News which documents the formation, movement practices, and philosophy of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW), a Marxist–Leninist organization of Black workers in Detroit that he co-founded.

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