Labor Movement History

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    • The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America
    • By: Jack Kelly
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for America. The Edge of Anarchy offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history....

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    • By: Philip Nicholson
    • Narrated by: Brian E. Smith
    • Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 02-25-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • In this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in 20 years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America....

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    • Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
    • By: Miriam Pawel
    • Narrated by: Roxanne Hernandez
    • Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 02-27-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • A generation of Americans came of age boycotting grapes, swept up in a movement that vanquished California's most powerful industry and accomplished the unthinkable....

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    • The History of Labor in the United States
    • By: J. Albert Mann
    • Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The History of Labor in the United States is an accessible and comprehensive YA history of the way the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens.

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    • A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
    • By: James Green
    • Narrated by: Joel Richards
    • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country....

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    • General Motors, Flint, and the Strike That Created the Middle Class
    • By: Edward McClelland
    • Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
    • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In a time of great inequality and a gutted middle class, the dramatic story of “the strike heard around the world” is a testament to what workers can gain when they stand up for their rights.

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    • A Study in Urban Revolution
    • By: Dan Georgakas, Marvin Surkin
    • Narrated by: Brian Jones, David Sadzin, Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 02-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • This new South End Press edition makes available the full text of this out-of-print classic - along with a new foreword by Manning Marable, interviews with participants in DRUM, and reflections on political developments over the past three decades by Georgakas and Surkin....

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    • The History of the Riots in Chicago that Galvanized the Labor Movement
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Scott Clem
    • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
    • Release date: 05-17-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Although it's no longer well known as a flashpoint, few things were as controversial during the late 19th century as the Haymarket Affair....

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    • A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie
    • By: Ellen Cassedy
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • 9 to 5 wasn’t just a comic film—it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends....

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    • The Extraordinary Story of Love, Civil Rights, and Labor Activism
    • By: Norman Hill, Velma Murphy Hill
    • Narrated by: Arnell Powell, Kim Staunton
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain is the remarkable story of a couple who came together during the Civil Rights Movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers’ rights their purpose for more than sixty years....

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