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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: The 1860s: George T. Ruby

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about George T. Ruby, an African American politician from Texas during Reconstruction.
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Amdocs:ludlow Massacre, 1913: Song by Woody Guthrie

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the words of a Woody Guthrie song giving an account of the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado coal strikes in 1913.
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University of Washington

University of Washington: United Auto Workers (Uaw) Locals 1937 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the United Auto Workers (UAW) with maps showing the spread of the UAW from 1939 through the late 1940s.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: The Forty Acres

For Students 9th - 10th
Served as the original headquarters of the United Farm Workers, the first permanent agricultural labor union in the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Kate Mullany House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Kate Mullany, early female labor organizer andfounder of Collar Laundry Union.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Elizabeth Rodgers

For Students 9th - 10th
Mrs. Rodgers was a delegate at the Knights of Labor convention at Richmond in 1887. She organized the first working women's union in Chicago and was president of the Eighth Ward Land League and also of the Daughters of Erin.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: T. B. Barry

For Students 9th - 10th
Prominent among the Knights of Labor union.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Terrence v. Powderly

For Students 9th - 10th
Leader of the Knights of Labor union.

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