workingclasshistory:On this day, 30 April 1923, radical actor Al Lewis, best known for portraying gr
workingclasshistory:On this day, 30 April 1923, radical actor Al Lewis, best known for portraying grandpa Munster in the popular 1960s sitcom The Munsters was born in Brooklyn, NY. His mother was an immigrant garment worker who took him on May Day protests in New York City as a child. By the time of the great depression, he was a convinced socialist involved in supporting tenants and the unemployed. He told a journalist: “During the Depression, people were getting evicted, ten a day. We used to come along and break the lock and put the furniture back in again… We would storm the Home Relief Centres, that or this person didn’t get a cheque for $8 or something, and get hit on the head [by police.]” He stayed true to his beliefs until his death in 2006.We only post highlights on here, for all our anniversaries follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory http://bit.ly/2PBMe6h -- source link