30 The Importance of Not Working
Paid Time Off as a Right Not a Privilege
Saba Rasheed Ali and Allison R. Bywater
The legend of John Henry is a tale that most kids in many parts of Appalachia learn at a very young age. John Henry was an African American railroad worker during the late 1800s who is lionized for his willingness to sacrifice his own life to prove that human labor is better than machine labor. Of course, the legend is also celebrated within Black communities as a tale of John Henry’s defiance of White oppression since Henry was a freed slave “who proved his worth.” The African American folk ballad sung about John Henry “describes a contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock ...
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