Profiles Archives

Lucy Gonzales Parsons

Profile. By William Loren Katz.
Lucy Gonzales Parsons (c. 1853 – March 7, 1942) was a labor organizer and orator.

Teaching Activity by William Loren Katz

Profile. Chief Joseph Hinmton Yalaktit (1840 -1904), a Nez Percé Indian chief in what is now northeastern Oregon.

Profile. Brief biography of Ella Josephine Baker, 1903–1986, activist and civil rights organizer.

Article. By Paula Giddings, The Nation, May 23, 1987.
Review of Pauli Murray's autobiography, Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage.

Profile. Mother Jones (1837–1930) was a labor leader and organizer.