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Olivia Rawlston--Union-Minded to the End
Olivia Rawlston grew up in Dallas in the 1920s. Jobs, especially union jobs, were difficult to come by. For an African American, it was even more…
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People's History in Texas
Bread and Roses: Incubator of Chile Solidarity
Movement Folk Tales
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People's History in Texas
The Hightower Legacy and Labor
The 1980s Pesticide Wars made the United Farm Workers Union and the Texas Department of Agriculture allies, which, being Texas, is not something one…
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People's History in Texas
August 2023
Charlotte Graham-- A Texas Labor Legend
Charlotte Graham is on the left A scene in a Dallas dressmaking factory in 1935. Charlotte Graham had locked herself in the bathroom for 20 minutes and…
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People's History in Texas
Cleveland, Labor Day and The Texas Seed Bill
Labor Day is fast approaching. This national holiday was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland in 1894. Labor unions had agitated for a day to…
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People's History in Texas
True to the Union
A Tale of Civil War Texas: The battle and massacre at the Nueces River
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People's History in Texas
July 2023
Texas is the most surrealistic state in the Nation
Movement Folk Tales
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Farm Aid II and Willie's 4th of July Picnic: the Backstory
“If you see Willie, tell him we said thanks.” A series of epic battles followed Willie Nelson's announcement in 1986 that he planned to combine his…
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People's History in Texas
June 2023
Hightower and the Business of Organics in Texas
The Hightower Legacy Project
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The Battle of Waller Creek
The Felling of the Erwin Drum
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People's History in Texas
May 2023
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