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TitleDr. Martin Luther King speaking at the Community Baptist Church in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1968

DescriptionDr. Martin Luther King speaking from the pulpit of the Community Baptist Church before a crowd of 2,200 people. His speech was focused on improving societies social ills.

Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleReport of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics Goodwill Council No. 32. 'U.S. isolation ended with Spanish War; Now our brothers' keepers' - Stokes

Date Created1922

DescriptionThis document was derived from 'The Daily Home News' of Thursday, May 18, 1922. It is an article relating to statements and proceedings made by members of the Junior Order of American Mechanics...

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TitleItalian Immigrants and the Working Class in Paterson: The Strike of 1913 in Ethnic Perspective

AuthorOsborne, James D.

Date Created1976

DescriptionThis paper by James D. Osborne, a New Jersey Historical Commission grant recipient, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual New Jersey History Symposium, December...

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TitleProhibition party propaganda pamphlet: Objections Answered: Ought I to Sign a Petition for a No-License Election? Ought I to Vote 'Dry'?

Date Created1918

DescriptionThis leaflet responds to a number of reasons why people choose not to support state prohibition, by tearing apart the logic behind the reasons and making a mockery of them. This leaflet contains a...

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TitleA Bittersweet Story from the Farm Front from WDL News

Date Created1959

DescriptionThis article from the Workers Defense League newsletter describes organizing among Puerto Rican farm workers over wages and working conditions. The Workers Defense League, founded in 1936 by Norman...

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TitleReport of the Displaced Persons Committee - November 1949

Date Created1949

DescriptionThis November 1949, report from the recently formed Displaced Persons Committee recounts the Committee's process and ultimate success in lobbying the Governor to appoint a State Commission on...

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TitleTranscripts of interview with Fritz Schade of Free Acres

Date Created1996

DescriptionFritz Schade, a German immigrant and a member of the Free Acres community in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is interviewed about his memories at Free Acres. He recalls that many of his fellow Germans...

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TitlePassaic: The Story of a Struggle Against Starvation Wages and for the Right to Organize

Date Created1926

DescriptionThis book provides a socialist/communist viewpoint of labor unions and strikes in various manufacturing industries throughout northeastern New Jersey. Weisbord describes the poor living and working...

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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Upendra Chivukula, Indian-American.

Date Created2002

DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mr. Upendra Chivukula who is from southern India. He...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Mr. Ved Chaudhary, Indian-American.

Date Created2002

DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mr. Ved Chaudhary who is from northern India. He came to...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)