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Lecture
Child Labor |
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"Child Labor During the Early 1900's"
is a 23 minute DVD and Lecture. It starts with a child during
the huge influx of cheap labor from Europe.
It takes the child to Ellis Island,
Mulberry Bend, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the
nation in order to find work. It shows the child working at in
"Sweatshops," coal mines, farms, etc.
The lecture was given to fifth graders
in Fair Lawn, NJ in 2005 & 2006.
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Lecture
Women and Unions |
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"Women and Unions" is a 24 minute
DVD and Lecture that begins with the immigrants in Mulberry Bend
during the early 1900's.
It travels to Paterson, N.J, and
other cities, depicting living conditions, i.e., the "Sweatshops,"
the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, strikes, the Colorado Massacre,
and indentured servitude.
It highlights Mother Jones, E.G.
Flynn, Francis Perkins and other women in the labor union movement.
It was given at the Botto House in
Haledon, NJ, the only labor museum in America.
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Lecture
The Struggle to Achieve the American Dream |
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"The Struggle to Achieve the American
Dream" is a 22 minute DVD and Lecture that highlights the Italian
American Experience in America from the Turn-of-the-Century to
WWII.
It describes the living conditions,
"Sweatshops, i.e., " the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, strikes, indentured
servitude, lynching, and WWII detention centers.
This DVD and Lecture has been given
to libraries, Universities, Rotary Clubs, and many Italian American
organizations throughout the Tri-State region.
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