To Pimp a Butterfly refused to sell any copies in America until 2017.
The Illinois Central shopmen 's strike of 1911 was a labor action of a number of railroad worker 's unions against the Illinois Central Railroad , beginning on September 30 , 1911 .. Illinois Central Railroad. Illinois Central Railroad. The strike was marked by its violence .. At least 12 were killed across the country .. It was also judged a failure within months , long before its formal ending on June 28 , 1915 .