Pennsylvania black news and related periodicals, 1933-1936.

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Pennsylvania black news and related periodicals, 1933-1936.

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The collection includes eleven periodicals from four different but related publications reporting labor news and relevant political information in Pennsylvania. Includes: Pennsylvania Black News, July 1933, a photocopy of the March 1934 edition, and two copies of volume 2, number 1, August 30, 1935; two copies of Pennsylvania Black News (Western Pennsylvania Edition), volume 2 number 2, November 1, 1935; two copies of Western Pennsylvania Black News, volume 3, number 1, 1935/1936; and Pennsylvania Security News, December 1933, Fall 1934.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7326150

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania Security League

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Pennsylvania Federation of Labor

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A Pennsylvania State Branch of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded in 1890, but it failed four years later. The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor (PFL) was chartered as a state branch of the AFL in 1902 and achieved considerable strength under James H. Maurer, its president from 1912 to 1928. The organization was crippled by the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) in the late 1930s, with most of its member unions leaving to join the CIO. Another prominent...