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The California Labor School (until 1945 named the Tom Mooney Labor School) was an educational organization in San Francisco from 1942 to 1957. Like the contemporary Jefferson School of Social Science and the New York Workers School, it represented the "transformed and upgraded" successors of the "workers schools" of the 1920s and 1930s.
The California Labor School was originally founded at the edge of the Civic Center, at 678 Turk Street (at Van Ness), as the Tom Mooney Labor School in 1942. After a modest beginning, it grew quickly.
Learn about the life and achievements of Maya Angelou, a poet, activist, and scholar who was the first African American woman to work as a streetcar conductor in San Francisco. She attended the California Labor School, a Communist-affiliated school, in Oakland, California during World War II.
Learn about the California Labor School, a wartime institution that trained workers in labor relations, trade skills, and Marxist ideology. Find out how it was founded, sponsored, investigated, and closed, and explore its collections in various libraries.
28 de may. de 2014 · Maya attended Mission High School and won a scholarship to study dance and drama at San Francisco’s Labor School, where she was exposed to the progressive ideals that animated her later political activism.
16 de ene. de 2024 · Around this time, Maya moved to San Francisco and won a scholarship to study dance and acting at the California Labor School. She also became the first Black female cable car conductor, a job...
Description. Eslanda Goode Robeson was a civil rights activist and wife and manager of the performer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. The California Labor School was a cultural hub for the Bay Area's progressive and labor communities during the 1940s and 1950s.
