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[2020]., Adolescent, Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications Call No: 323 DIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thousands of protests, marches, and demonstrations in the civil rights era gave a strong voice to people and groups who were traditionally ignored. These protests led to important legal and social changes that continue to impact our nation today. In this book, readers 12 through 15 explore five ground-breaking events that took place during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.
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1999., Houghton Mifflin Company Call No: 331.31 BAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the conditions and treatment that drove working children to strike, from the mill workers' strike in 1834 and the coal strikes at the turn of the century to the children who marched with Mother Jones in 1903.
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2001., Enslow Publishers Call No: 973.87 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In American historySummary Note: The history of the strike from the creation of the Pullman Company to the government efforts that finally ended the strike, highlighting the people who were involved from George Pullman to Eugene Debs, Jane Addams and President Grover Cleveland.
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-- Pullman strike of eighteen-ninety-four2006., Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: 973.87 LAU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: American workersSummary Note: Discusses the labor strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in Pullman, Illinois, in 1894, and the federal government's use of force to keep the railroads operating and to control the striking workers.
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1994., Millbrook Press Call No: 973.87 ALT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Spotlight on American historySummary Note: Discusses the people and events involved in the unsuccessful but influential strike by railroad workers at the Pullman Company in Chicago in 1894.
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c2011., Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 331.892 KAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Civil rights struggles around the worldSummary Note: Examines events that led to the Delano Grape Strike from 1965 through 1970, discussing low wages, dangerous working conditions, the leadership of Cesar Chavez, the United States Farmworkers Union, and other related topics.
