George_Meany - Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa receives the George Meany Human Rights Award at the AFL-CIO Convention

Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa receives the George Meany Human Rights Award at the AFL-CIO Convention

Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa holds aloft the George Meany Human Rights Award trophy awarded him on November 14, 1989 after he addressed the national convention of the AFL-CIO in Washington. (UPI Photo/Jim Fetters/Files)


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