<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The saga of the nation's premier &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; labor leader continues as this multi-volume documentary history moves, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; with Volume 6, into the early years of the twentieth century. Fully annotated &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and thoroughly indexed, The American Federation of Labor and the Rise &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of Progressivism, 1902-1906 provides the historical context often &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; missing in other works about that era. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From early reviews: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "This collection belongs &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on the shelf of anyone teaching American labor history, but it also should &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; prove useful to scholars with related interests." -- James Grossman, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Illinois Historical Review &nbsp;</div>

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 6: The American Federation of Labor and the Rise of Progressivism, 1902-6 (Volume 6)

History

Palladino, Grace

Kaufman, Stuart J.

Gompers, Samuel

Albert, Peter J.

Americas

University of Illinois Press

      Looking around him in 1906, Samuel Gompers saw a labor movement beset         by opponents who, he said, "represent neither conscience nor humanity,         but rather greed and avarice." This installment in the multivolume         documentary history of the nation's premier labor leader spotlights a         pivotal period in the AFL's development.             "The editors have done their job well, succeeding admirably in their         aim of presenting a multidimensional portrait of Gompers and his era."                 -- Bernard Elbaum, Journal of Economic History       "A distinguished and invaluable collection." -- Bruce Laurie,         Industrial and Labor Relations Review       Supported by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission         and the University of Maryland at College Park  

The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 7: The American Federation of Labor under Siege, 1906-9 (Volume 7)

Business & Money

Economics

Of the leaders of the civil rights movement, no other figure approached the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His speech at the 1963 March on Washington has come to symbolize the hardships and victories of an entire era. But in revering the memory of a great man, we sometimes lose sight of the many local and less glamorous struggles, both personal and social, and the world against which they were fought. In We Shall Overcome, America's leading scholars and activists from the civil rights years speak on a fascinating range of experiences surrounding King and his era, from his early personal religious conversion to his impact on the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa; from his place in the history of the African-American church to the rise in Third World liberation struggles.The impressive group of contributors—including John Hope Franklin, David Garrow, Coretta Scott King, Nathan Huggins, Mary Frances Berry, Cornel West, Aldon D. Morris, Howard Zinn, and others—gathered in October 1986 at a conference in Washington, D.C. This book consists of their presentations, specially prepared for publication, with added personal statements about their relationships to Dr. King and the movement, and about their own lives. The result is not only an important, wide-ranging work of history, but a moving testimonial to a great leader.

We Shall Overcome

Politics & Social Sciences

Hoffman, Ronald

Social Sciences

Da Capo Press

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