Bracero History Archive

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Brown University, George Mason University, History Sites, Resources, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, The Institute of Oral History at UTEP, The Smithsonian National Museum of American HistoryJanuary 21, 2022

The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964. Millions of Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America.

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Created ByRoy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Brown University, and the Institute of Oral History at UTEPAreaResourcesMain CollectionHistory SitesShare

This project produces and displays free interactive maps showing the historical geography of dozens of social movements that have influenced American life and politics since the start of the 20th century, including radical movements, civil rights movements, labor movements, women’s movements, and more. Until now…

LAUSD Strike Report 2019, LOS ANGELES PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY REPORT

California, Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Media, PDF, PDF WTM, PDF WTM Los Angeles, Research Collections, Resources, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, When Teachers Mobilize

LMU is a private Catholic university with 6,250 undergraduates, 2,150 graduate students and 1,100 law students from diverse backgrounds and many perspectives.

Illinois Labor History Society

History Sites, Illinois, Local and Regional Resources, Resources

It shall be the Purpose of the Illinois Labor History Society to encourage the preservation and study of labor history materials of the Illinois Region, and to arouse public interest in the profound significance of the past to the present.

Meeting with Governor Justice at University High School – 2018 WV strike – Monongalia County, West Virginia, Carrie Beatty Collection

Carrie Beatty, Media, Monongalia County, Photo Gallery, Photos WTM, Photos WTM West Virginia, Resources, West Virginia, When Teachers Mobilize

A gallery of photos to explore.

“A CONTRADICTORY PLACE: COTTON MILLS ALONGSIDE ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORTS IN LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS.”

History Sites, Lowell, Lowell Mill Girls, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources, Umass Lowell History Department

The film describes the extraordinary anti-slavery efforts taking place in the mid-19th century in Lowell. Forrant and Grooms visit the sites that still exist in downtown Lowell where abolitionist activity occurred and where freedom seekers operated businesses.

How did the Lowell system contribute to the industrialization of the united states?

History Sites, Lisbdnet.com, Lowell, Lowell Mill Girls, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources

Lowell built on the advances made in the British textile industry, such as the use of the power loom, to industrialize American textile production. He was the first factory owner in the United States to create a textile mill that was vertically integrated.

Gallery from 2019 Monongalia County, West Virginia, Carrie Beatty Collection

Carrie Beatty, Media, Monongalia County, Photo Gallery, Photos WTM, Photos WTM West Virginia, Resources, West Virginia, When Teachers Mobilize

A gallery of photos to explore.

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 71-80

Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University, edX, Media, Nick Juravich, People, Premilla Nadasen, Resources, Video, Videos, Women Have Always Worked, Women Labor

Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.

Lowell Historical Site – National Park Service

History Sites, Local and Regional Resources, Lowell, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources

Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new industrial era. Nearly 200 years later, the changes that began here still reverberate in our shifting global economy. Explore Lowell, a living testament to the dynamic human story of the industrial revolution.