This encyclopedia entry recounts the colorful life of Coleman Young, long time mayor of Detroit.

Discusses the muckraking journalists and novelists who were at the forefront of movements pushing for stronger protections for workers and consumers. Their work led to the passage of several important pieces of legislation. Includes...

Homepage of the national magazine for peace and social justice, THE PROGRESSIVE. Read recent news regarding social justice here.

This is a collection of 8 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain named 1870-1900 "The Gilded Age" in hopes of capturing how the era of serious social problems was veiled by a thin layer of gold. While robber...

After losing his mother four years ago, 10-year-old Bud Caldwell runs away from the foster care system in search of the father he has never met. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher...

As America grew, so did its production of agriculture and manufacturing, leading to a rise in workers and their demands. Study the history of worker's rights in America from the Industrial Revolution to today. This collection includes 13...

Esperanza is a young girl forced to leave behind a life of luxury in Mexico for a farm workers camp in California. The new experience brings Esperanza timeless lessons on life and love. Selected (7) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair...

Comprehensive and well-developed site that provides a variety of information about migrant farm workers, working conditions and failed legislation to remedy the problems. Excellent resource.

A brief history of Antigua and Barbuda beginning with the earliest inhabitants, the Siboney, and continuing to the elections of 2004. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Read about George T. Ruby, an African American politician from Texas during Reconstruction.

History of the United Auto Workers (UAW) with maps showing the spread of the UAW from 1939 through the late 1940s.

An excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report on the Pullman Strike. Site presents questions at the end for study.

Important information and fun facts about the 1947 Taft Hartley Act, a major revision of the 1935 Wagner Act.

This case study requires completing part of a payroll register and journalizing the entry for a payroll. Additional information about unions and labor legislation is included. Additional Internet research is also included in the case.

Served as the original headquarters of the United Farm Workers, the first permanent agricultural labor union in the United States.

Prominent among the Knights of Labor union.

Leader of the Knights of Labor union.

Read this very detailed description of the Rock Springs Massacre and the circumstances that led up to it. Find out why Chinese immigrants became the focus of hatred and discrimination.

Read the description of the Rock Springs massacre written by the Chinese workers who lived through the massacre and presented to the Chinese Consul in New York. Included is a report of an investigation of those who died in the massacre....

Fairly in-depth summary of the theory of capitalism that Marx proposed. Includes historical background of the time when he was writing these ideas. This is chapter 4 of a textbook.

This lengthy article from the Prologue Magazine discusses the general state of food production in World War II. In particular the article focuses on thw Women's Land Army, women recruited from both farm and city to grow and harvest the...

This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.

Read an excerpt from a letter written by Chicago radical and Haymarket defendant, Albert Parsons, to the "Chicago Times" concerning Terence V. Powderly and the Haymarket riot. Also links to other related sites.

A strike by steel workers in Chicago eventually spread across the United States in 1919. Read about the strike, how was involved, and how the employers turned popular opinion against the strikers.