Labor LegislationMigrant WorkersA brief history of child labor and the fight for legislation to control it at both the state and federal level. The current legal status and the continued existence of child labor in modern times are also discussed. (MS)...
It highlights the experiences of Black migrant workers who faced racial segregation and violence while contributing to the construction of the canal. The article also discusses the role of Black women in providing essential domestic and care labor, as well as their involvement in community and ...
We Did It, Joe! Monthly Migrant Encounters Exceed 300,000 For First Time In US History Happy New Year! The Cloward-Pivening of America continues unabated, thanks to well-funded enemies of America and an impotent (and well-lobbied) legislature. On[…] ...
Anderson calls the strong “self-help tradition” in black southern communities and the high value that black southerners placed on education. 19th Century Reconstructing Approaches to America’s Indian Problem by Alexandra E. Stern The decline of Native American political autonomy was the result of...
opportunity in the more industrial North and West. They sought a relatively safer life away from the lynchings and violence that were concentrated in the Jim Crow South. This Great Migration shaped 20th-century America in countless ways, but we’re going to try to count some of them in ...
Migrant Mother is symbol of the suffering experienced during the Great Depression. Migrant workers who found themselves displaced by the Dust Bowl suffered homelessness and hunger on a regular basis. Who was the real Migrant Mother? The real Migrant Mother's identity was uncovered in 1978. Florenc...
That's right. Lots of famous women in history have achieved important female firsts, paving the way for generations of women to come. Women's history is full of awesome females who accomplished great things, and were the first woman to do so. This list of notable female firsts is full ...
Modern immigration is a highly regulated procedure governing the mobility of peoples between sovereign jurisdictions. This procedure has been progressively refined since the late eighteenth century through mechanisms of government that have frequently deployed the apparatus of criminal law. In this chapter ...
The steady infusion of immigrants from China and Taiwan and easy access to traditional and popular cultures from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, through telecommunication and trans-Pacific travel, have helped create a new Chinese America that is as diverse as it is fast-changing. Chinese American...
After centuries of slow progress, the Dominican economy experienced new growth: Cuban immigrants, along with others from North America and Europe, brought new capital into the country. They invested heavily in the sugar industry, which soon became the most important productive industry in the nation...