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A SINGULAR FIGURE: The late Albert Shanker, who his biographer calls 'the founding father of modern Teacher unionism in this country,' stubbornly held to his principles even as he was alternately called a civil rights crusader and a racist. He was a labor leader who several times led strikes to protect his members' rights but publicly acknowledged that not all Teachers were up to the task.  |
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