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Leaders
 Websites presented in alphabetical order African American Labor History Links 
 Links to websites, journal articles, book excerpts, and film citations and reviews about the history of African Americans in the labor union movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike at which he was assassinated, and black history in general. http://www.afscme.org/publications/12440.cfm Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Notable People, United States History Last updated Jan 24, 2007 César E. Chávez, 1927-1993
This commemorative website provides essays, video clips, and related material about labor leader Cesar Chavez. Topics include his work as leader of the United Farm Workers, his environmental justice work, what others can learn from his legacy, and more. Includes links to teaching resources and recommended reading. From the Ecology Center. http://www.ecologycenter.org/chavez/ Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Notable People Last updated May 9, 2007 Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers
Collection of over 2000 pages of digitized documents related to Cesar Chavez, "Founder and Director of the National Farm Workers Association, later known as the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. The FBI investigated Mr. Chavez and his organization based on allegations in 1965 that he and others within the organization had communist affiliations." From the Freedom of Information Act site, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/chavez.htm Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Notable People Last updated May 10, 2007 Debs Collection
Companion to a collection of material by and about labor and political leader Eugene V. Debs. Includes links to abstracts of correspondence, newspaper clipping index, list of pamphlets (some with scanned images), searchable database pertaining to surveillance or prosecution of Debs (with descriptions of National Archives documents), photos, and a video clip. From the Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University. http://library.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/debs/debs-idx.html Topics: Labor, Notable People Last updated Nov 1, 2007 Illinois Labor History Society
This organization encourages "the preservation and study of labor history materials of the Illinois Region." The site features information about Illinois labor history locations, curriculum materials, and brief articles on subjects such as Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones), Samuel Gompers, and mine unions. http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/ Topics: Geology, Labor, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 27, 2005 Mother Jones: The Woman
Article from Mother Jones magazine about its namesake Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones). The article notes that "few remember much about Mother Jones, who battled corporate presidents and politicians, who went to jail repeatedly for organizing workers, and who converted tens of thousands of Americans to the labor movement and the left." Discusses her work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers in the 1890s and related activities. http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2001/05/motherjones_gorn.html Topics: Families, Geology, History, Industries, Labor, Notable People: Women, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 25, 2005 The Samuel Gompers Papers
"Samuel Gompers was the nation's leading trade unionist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924." The site features a biography and timeline, quotations, a bibliography, and selected writings. Sponsored by the University of Maryland College Park, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the AFL-CIO. http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm Topics: Labor, Notable People Last updated Jun 12, 2006 Women's Labor History Links
A good directory of links to general women's labor history resources, labor song lyrics, biographies of women leaders (including Mother Jones, Lucy Parsons, Dolores Huerta, and Karen Silkwood), and organizations such as the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Women's Trade Union League. Some information also available in Spanish. From the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). http://www.afscme.org/publications/12441.cfm Topics: History, Labor, Notable People, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Oct 27, 2006 Working Heroes: Men and Women Who Shaped America's Labor Movement
Brief biographies of U.S. labor leaders. Individuals include César Chávez ("folk hero and symbol of hope who organized a union of farmworkers"), Eugene Debs ("apostle of industrial unionism"), George Meany ("builder of the modern AFL-CIO"), and Frances Perkins ("committed labor secretary and first woman in a presidential cabinet position"). From the AFL-CIO. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/bios.cfm Topics: Labor, Notable People Last updated Aug 27, 2007 |
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