Percy Green, whose civil rights protest for inclusion in the construction industry, will be honored at 10 a.m. October 7, 2024, at Gateway Arch National Park.
The “Afro Day in the Park Tribute to Percy Grenn” will include a walk with Green from Luther Ely Smith Square to the north leg of the gateway Arch.
On July 14,1964, Green and fellow activist Richard Daly scaled a 125-foot construction ladder on the then-incomplete north leg of the Gateway Arch to protest the lack of African American inclusion in the Arch’s construction workforce.
That’s why DEI is very important now more than ever, if it wasn’t for People like him standing up for fairness in our country. Young black men need to take notes, when they even think about supporting a “person ” like Trump!