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John L. Lewis was the driving force behind the labor movement in the 1930s. He did not want to overturn the existing economic system — he wanted to improve the lives of working-class citizens. His legacy is that he was able to achieve this goal. In many ways Lewis embodied the American dream. With little formal education or training he was able to become a successful and powerful leader whose actions directly benefited the lives of millions of people.
Sources:
Melvyn Dubofsky and Warren Van Tine, "John L. Lewis and the Triumph of Mass-Production Unionism," in Labor Leaders in America, edited by Dubofsky and Van Tine (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987), pp. 185-206;
Robert H. Zieger, John L. Lewis: Labor Leader (Boston: Twayne, 1988).
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