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The Triangle strike and fire

1998
Describes several events and individuals involved in or touched by the 1909-10 textile workers' uprising and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in Manhattan in 1911, presenting more than sixty primary documents such as newspaper accounts, and examining the issues faced by young working women at this time.

Horace King

bridges to freedom
2002
A biography of a man born into slavery in South Carolina who became a master bridge builder and, during Reconstruction, served in the Alabama state legislature.
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