Independent Lens - Storming Caesars Palace
After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby and other activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.
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