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Labor History
This page is dedicated to American unionists, who by their labor, created our modern economy . Please support American unions by buying union-made products the next time you go shopping. Without the hard work of the women and men of the American union movement the American dream would not be possible. African American Labor History Links provides bibliographies and other useful tools to portray the role African Americans played in the American labor movement. Child Labor in U.S. History offers background for the campaign to end child labor abuses in the United States. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Remembers the days of the IWW is an online site of Flynn's memories of her IWW days. Samuel Gomper's Papers covers one of the key labor organizers in the U.S. History as well as an excellent primary source site for students and teachers. Dramas of the Haymarket excellent source for teachers in understanding this pivotal period in U.S. history, including archival and digital materials from the Chicago Historical Society. Haymarket Square Affair evidence and other materials on the infamous Haymarket Square Affair from the Illinois Historical Society. Joe Hill a PBS site that remembers the early labor movement. How The Other Half Lives a hypertext edition of the classic tale of urban life by Jacob Riis. Illinois Historical Society provides articles on important aspects of American Labor History. IWW 100 Years a site that chronicles the hundred years of the International Workers of the World. The Labor Movement offers songs of the struggle of American Labor including music of the IWW. The 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike offers a document-based project for students in order to understand the struggles of American labor in the first decade of the twentieth century. The Ludlow Massacre is a site provided by the Colorado Bar Association and is a mock trail of the events that surrounded that fateful event in American labor history. OAH Magazine of History offers a complete edition to the importance of Labor history as well as articles and lesson plan development for teachers. Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights History Project covers a wide venue of topics relating to both civil rights and labor history. Public History Resource Center provides materials solid material on Labor history. Songs of the American Labor Movement covers a wide range of American music that reflects the fading traditions of the American labor movement. Triangle Factory Fire provides history of the fire as well as documents and pictures of the tragic evident of March 25, 1911. Women's Labor History Links is a fine source with links to other important sites as well. |
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