The Bisbee Deportation was the illegal deportation of more than 1,000 striking mine workers (IWW-led strike), their supporters, and citizen bystanders by 2,000 vigilantes.
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The U.S. government attacked an encampment of Black and white WWI veterans with tanks, bayonets, and tear gas.
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Black women in Atlanta who washed clothes for a living organized an effective Reconstruction era strike — with clear demands, strategic timing, and door-to-door canvassing.
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Starting in the spring of 1934, longshoremen across every port on the West Coast struck against the unfair hiring tactics that they experienced daily.
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Film. By Herbert Biberman. 1954. 94 minutes.
This classic, powerful film about a miners strike in New Mexico can be used to teach about the intersection of class, race, national origin, and gender.
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Film. Produced by Anne Lewis. 2012. 75 minutes.
Documentary about Southern activist Anne Braden.
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Book — Fiction. By Jewell Parker Rhodes. 2013. 288 pages.
Historical fiction about Reconstruction-era Louisiana through the eyes of a young girl who bridges the divide between the long-time plantation workers and the Chinese indentured servants.
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The Battle of Blair Mountain was the climax of two mine wars fought in the West Virginia coalfields.
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Two striking United Farm Workers (UFW) were killed on Aug. 15 and 17, 1973, while picketing.
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The state of Utah executed Joe Hill, labor organizer, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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A small band of striking coal miners in southern Illinois called out Chicago coal barons and stood their ground at Virden.
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Between 30-60 striking Black Louisiana sugarcane workers were massacred.
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The Bogalusa Labor Massacre was an attack on interracial labor solidarity in Louisiana.
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The “Hollywood 10” directors, producers, and writers who refused to testify at HUAC were held in contempt of Congress.
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Joseph James Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti, and Joseph Caruso were acquitted after one of the most important labor trials.
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The Palmer Raids began in November of 1919 and targeted suspected radical leftists, especially anarchists, and deported them from the United States.
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The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) declared a strike.
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was launched in New York.
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Hundreds of thousands of civil rights activists marched on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Treaties were signed to turn over control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama.
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Nineteen mineworkers were killed and dozens were wounded in the Lattimer Massacre.
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Local 25 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) declared a strike.
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Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence.
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