Bracero History Archive

thank you for visiting the labor history resource project as we build this resource!

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.

Visit site

History Site

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

The International Trade Union and Labour Memory Network is a collaborative international project by a group of historians and labour activists. We aim to examine the commemoriation of labour history by highlighting what kind of labour and trade union memory work is undertaken across the globe, how trade unions use history and memory as a resource, and discuss the problems and challenges involved in commemoration.

Who Built America Badges

American Social History Project, History Sites, New York, Resources, The Graduate Center

Part of the City University of New York, the American Social History Project is a recognized leader in effective, engaging history education. Who Built America Badges for History Education is designed for Grade 7-12 teachers

“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.

LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History

Georgetown University, History Sites, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Labor and Working-Class History Association, Resources

LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History is the official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA), and is housed at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. A subscription to LABOR is available through membership in LAWCHA.

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.

Combustible Convergence: Bargaining for the Common Good and Red for Ed Uprisings of 2018

Combustible Convergence: Bargaining for the Common Good and the #RedforEd Uprisings of 2018

Action Center on Race and the Economy, Georgetown University, Labor Studies Journal, Media, Official Journal of United Association for Labor Education, PDF, PDF WTM, Research Collections, Resources, Rutgers University, When Teachers Mobilize

This article examines both the Bargaining for the Common Good (BCG) contract campaigns that have emerged among teachers unions in the years since the Great Recession and the #RedforEd strikes and mobilizations of 2018.

Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History

History Sites, Lawrence, Local and Regional Resources, Massachusetts, Resources

The Lawrence Textile Strike was a public protest mainly of immigrant workers from several countries, including Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Canada, France, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Syria, and Turkey. According to the 1910 census, 65% of mill workers (many of whom eventually struck) lived in the United States for less than 10 years; 47% for less than five years.

The Dramas of Haymarket

Chicago Historical Society, History Sites, Resources

Welcome to The Dramas of Haymarket, an online project produced by the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. The Dramas of Haymarket examines selected materials from the Chicago Historical Society’s Haymarket Affair Digital Collection, an electronic archive of CHS’s extraordinary Haymarket holdings. The Dramas of…

2015 Lansing March, Joel Berger Collection

Detroit, Joel Berger, Lansing, Media, Michigan, People, Photo Gallery, Photos WTM, Photos WTM Detroit, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, When Teachers Mobilize

A gallery of photos to explore.