The Courier-Journal

This labor union started as a secret organization, and it has lessons for us today

Most Kentuckians probably have never heard of the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor. It wasn’t a fraternal organization like, say, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. It was 19th ...
The New York Times

KNIGHTS OF LABOR BOOM; Organization Seeks to Regain Lost Prestige in This City. Plans to Take Prominent Part in Building Trades Tie-Up -- Arbitration First, Last, and All the Time.

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Libcom

Documents of the Knights of Labor

Letters from the South Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, revealing that the color line still remained a serious problem, and that the Knights did not succeed in breaking down the wall ...
The Nation

The Very Soul of the Republic

First annual picnic of the Knights of Labor, 1882. (Niday Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo / Joseph Keppler) “All men are created equal.” Today, it is difficult to appreciate the radicalism of ...