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English planters found Jamestown colony and complain about lack of laborers
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Slaves from Africa first imported to colonies
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First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City
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Slave importation prohibited
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President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
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Congress begins reconstruction policy in former slave states
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First Labor Day parade in New York City
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American Federation of Labor founded
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women’s Trade Union League formed at AFL convention
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Industrial Workers of the World founded
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19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote
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Stock market crashes as stocks fall 40 percent; Great Depression begins
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Upsurge in strikes, including national textile strike, which fails
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John L. Lewis resigns and Philip Murray becomes CIO president
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Largest strike wave in U.S. history
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., during sanitation workers' strike
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Occupational Safety and Health Act passed
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Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
