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APRI Community loses a Giant!

(A. Philip Randolph Institute)

John H. McCoy, President of the Sencland APRI Chapter (Wilmington, North Carolina) passed away on October 20, 2007

John McCoy played a major role in building the statewide and Wilmington area labor movements. He became the conscience of the labor movement in North Carolina as he debated positions that called on us to do the right thing. Brother McCoy was a fighter for workers' rights as a member of the ILA and he became a state and national voice for social, political, and economic justice through his many affiliations. He was a tireless advocate for APRI and he served as president of the Sencland APRI Chapter for more than 10 years, where he led voter registration/voter education campaigns designed to build political power for his community. Brother McCoy retired from ILA Local 1426 after working as a longshoreman for more than five decades. His favorite saying was "Every sinner should belong to a church and every working man or woman should belong to a union."

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