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Seen at Museum of Korean Emigration History, Wolmido, Incheon.
This museum is built primarily with Korean-American funding, and concentrates mostly on the beginnings of Korean immigrant communities in the United States starting in 1903, when 86 laborers from Incheon settled in Hawaii.
The diorama shows a Korean male laborer working the sugar canes at a Hawaii plantation, while the chronology board marks key events of interest to ethnic Koreans in the US in the next hundred years. January 13th, 2003, the centennial of the arrival of the first Korean migrants in the US, was declared "the Korean-American Day" by the Korean-Americans' allies in the US government, President George W. Bush and the Republican-dominated Congress; no other ethnic group in the US had a day designated for them before.
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
A construction day laborer carrying wood beams. Authentic construction worker on an actual construciton site.
Laborers prepare to move small generators at a construction site.
Credit : ILO/Apex Image
Date : 2011/07
Country : Kuwait
In Bangladesh the majority of people lives under poverty levels. Many consider themselves lucky if they get daily wages. In this picture men and women unload a boat using baskets. Poor women are not expected to maintain "purdah" and their working association with men is tolerated.
Local Accession Number: 06_11_005263
Title: H. & E.R.R. Depot, and burning coal wharf
Statement of responsibility: H.G. Smith, Photographer, Studio Building
Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints; Group portraits
Created/Published: Boston : Published by H. G. Smith, Photographer, Studio Building
Date issued: 1872-1920 (inferred)
Physical description: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm.
General notes: Title from printed caption on verso.; Part of series: Views of the burnt district, Boston.; No. 77.
Date notes: Date range inferred by cataloger based on date of the Boston's Great Fire.
Subjects: Disasters; Fires; Laborers; Railroad tracks ; Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Collection: Stereographs Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Shelf locator: Boston: Fire of 1872
Rights: Rights status not evaluated
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
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Local Identifier: 111-SC-203466
Title: Russian slave laborer among prisoners liberated by 3rd Armored Division points out former Nazi guard who brutally beat prisoners. Germany, 05/14/1945
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Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
"A Vietnamese laborer on a DaNang quay. September 1965."
From the Frank Harris Collection (COLL/3731) at the Marine Corps History Division
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Slave Labor Commemorative Marker
On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Congress unveiled a marker in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center to commemorate the important role played by laborers, including enslaved African Americans, in building the United States Capitol. Their contributions were essential for the constructing what would later become known as the “Temple of Liberty.”
When construction of the Capitol began in 1793, Washington, D.C., was little more than a rural landscape with dirt roads and few accommodations beyond a small number of boarding houses. Skilled labor was hard to find or attract to the fledgling city. Enslaved laborers, who were rented from their owners, were involved in almost every stage of construction. The federal government relied heavily on enslaved labor to ensure the new capital city would be ready to receive Congress when it moved to Washington from Philadelphia in 1800.
A Mark of Remembrance
To commemorate the role that slave labor played in the construction of the Capitol Building, House Concurrent Resolution 135 was passed by Congress directing the Architect of the Capitol to design, procure and install a slave labor marker in a prominent location in Emancipation Hall. The design and location incorporated the recommendations developed by the Congressional Slave Labor Task Force Working Group.
The marker features a single block of Aquia Creek sandstone, which was originally part of the Capitol’s East Front Portico, presented on a platform clad in Cedar Tavernalle marble. The original chisel marks on the sandstone are in view so visitors can see the physical effort required to hew the stone. A hole in the top of the stone was cut to receive a lifting ring used to raise the stone out of the quarry. A bronze plaque is centered on the presentation wall, with an inscription approved by Congress, acknowledging the efforts of all who worked on the Capitol Building.
The inscription reads:
THIS SANDSTONE WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL’S EAST FRONT, CONSTRUCTED IN 18-24-1826. IT WAS QUARRIED BY LABORERS, INCLUDING ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND COMMEMORATES THEIR IMPORTANT ROLE IN BUILDING THE CAPITOL.
A Historic Contribution
Although the entire contribution of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the Capitol Building cannot be determined due the scarcity of documentation, there is enough information to know that the role they played had a significant impact on the project.
The site of the new capital city was located in an area that had few carpenters, bricklayers, stone cutters and other tradesmen necessary to construct such a project. Engineers and architects were brought in from other areas, but the majority of the work fell upon the laborers in the area, who were comprised mostly of African American slaves. These slaves, as well as other the laborers, quarried the stone used for the floors, walls and columns of the Capitol, sawed both wood and stone, and became skilled in brick making and laying. Carpentry was also one of the more significant contributions slaves made to the construction of the Capitol as they framed the roof and installed its shingle covering.
One of the most significant contributions by an African American slave was made by Philip Reid, who deciphered the puzzle of how to separate the five-piece plaster model of the Statue of Freedom. Today, he and countless others are recognized for the role they played in building this monumental and historic symbol of democracy.
The marker is located towards the western end of the northern wall of Emancipation Hall where it is bathed in sunlight for a portion of each day and will not interfere with visitor flow. The intensity of the daylight will enhance the visibility of tool marks on the presentation stone.
The marker is open to all visitors to the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, where visitors can learn more about the Capitol Building and its history.
Local Accession Number: 06_11_004103
Title: Chinese coolies resting
Genre: Stereographs; Photomechanical prints
Created/Published: T.W. Ingersoll
Copyright date: 1905
Physical description: 1 photomechanical print on stereo card : halftone, color ; 9 x 18 cm.
General notes: Title from item verso.; No. 25.; Image caption: Chinese coolies taking it easy.
Subjects: Laborers; Leisure
Collection: Harper Stereograph Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Shelf locator: Japanese-Russian War 1905
Rights: No known restrictions
KUNDUZ, 12 April 2022 - Daily wage laborers wait for jobs at an assembly point in Kunduz City, Afghanistan. The current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has left thousands of people jobless and millions in abject poverty.
Photo: UNAMA/Shamsuddin Hamedi
Laborers toil to bring a large Durga idol on to the edge of the river Hooghly to be ritually immersed after the end of the Durga Pujo celebrations.
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Big Read launch event in Washington DC with Honorary Action Week Chair
Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India
joins Queen Rania and a fellow child advocates for global education
Jessica Markowitz, an eighth grade student from Seattle in signing the
“Big Read"
Queen Rania of Jordan greets Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global
Campaign for Education event in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan and Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global Campaign
for Education event in Washington, DC
A packed house of Global Education advocates join Her Majesty Queen
Rania of Jordan, The Honorable Nita Lowey, Representative of New York,
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council, Gene
Sperling, Counselor to the US Secretary of the Treasury at the
National Press Club in Washington, DC on April 21st, 2009 for a
roundtable discussion entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Michelle Dixon of the Global Campaign for Education welcomes
roundtable participant
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury speaks about
his vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for all at
a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC entitled
"A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to a Better
Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Global Campaign for Education Board Member Imad Sabi of Oxfam, Joanne
Carter, Executive Director of Results, Queen Rania and others at a
packed GAW roundtable in DC "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US helps launch the Big Read
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
greets Devli.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
Speaks greets Jessica.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Gene Sperling
(Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury), Devli Kumari (9 year old
former child laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old
education advocate from Seattle) before The Big Read launch event in
Washington, DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US speaks about the importance of US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at the Big Read launch event in Washington, DC
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan and Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) at Big Read launch event in DC.
Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate from Seattle) talks
about her personal experience and advocacy to bring girls together to
campaign for literacy and education for all.
Queen Rania of Jordan, Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate
from Seattle) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey talk before Big Read launch
event in DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
helps launch the Big Read.
National Education Association (NEA) Vice Prsident Lily Eskelsen
greets Rock Creek Valley Elementary School 4th grade class at the “Big
Read” launch in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
A laborer uses a lawn mower to cut grass in a public garden.
Credit : ILO/Apex Image
Date : 2011/07
Country : Kuwait
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Big Read launch event in Washington DC with Honorary Action Week Chair
Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India
joins Queen Rania and a fellow child advocates for global education
Jessica Markowitz, an eighth grade student from Seattle in signing the
“Big Read"
Queen Rania of Jordan greets Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global
Campaign for Education event in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan and Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global Campaign
for Education event in Washington, DC
A packed house of Global Education advocates join Her Majesty Queen
Rania of Jordan, The Honorable Nita Lowey, Representative of New York,
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council, Gene
Sperling, Counselor to the US Secretary of the Treasury at the
National Press Club in Washington, DC on April 21st, 2009 for a
roundtable discussion entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Michelle Dixon of the Global Campaign for Education welcomes
roundtable participant
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury speaks about
his vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for all at
a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC entitled
"A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to a Better
Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Global Campaign for Education Board Member Imad Sabi of Oxfam, Joanne
Carter, Executive Director of Results, Queen Rania and others at a
packed GAW roundtable in DC "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US helps launch the Big Read
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
greets Devli.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
Speaks greets Jessica.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Gene Sperling
(Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury), Devli Kumari (9 year old
former child laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old
education advocate from Seattle) before The Big Read launch event in
Washington, DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US speaks about the importance of US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at the Big Read launch event in Washington, DC
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan and Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) at Big Read launch event in DC.
Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate from Seattle) talks
about her personal experience and advocacy to bring girls together to
campaign for literacy and education for all.
Queen Rania of Jordan, Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate
from Seattle) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey talk before Big Read launch
event in DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
helps launch the Big Read.
National Education Association (NEA) Vice Prsident Lily Eskelsen
greets Rock Creek Valley Elementary School 4th grade class at the “Big
Read” launch in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
rough translation:
Himawari Jizo (Sunflower Buddha)
Erected December 11, Showa 57 (1982)
Created by Tatsuhiko Kurata (originally of Gunma Prefecture)
Main supporter: Sanya Association for the Elderly
In Sanya, there are many who have lived long and lonely lives of hard labor. Because there is no peace of mind in life without peace of mind after death, the Sanya Association for the Elderly, so that we may provide encouragement and solidarity that breaks through the walls of loneliness, have placed the Himawari (sunflower) jizo at this spot. The sunflower symbolizes the efforts of those who have spent their lives laboring under the sun.
Work on this jizo was begun by Mr. Tatsuhiko Kurata, and was made possible by the support and donations of many others.
Eihousan Jokan-ji 25th Priest
[The last line is a bit of a mystery. The first parts are the full name of the temple, and I think 暢譽 is a Buddhist title roughly equivalent to 'priest'.]
Japanese text:
ひまわり地蔵尊
昭和57年（1982）12月11日建立開眼
創作者 倉田辰彦（群馬県出身）
発願主 山谷老友会
主旨
山谷には、労働に生き労働に老いて、ひとり淋しく人生を終る人が数多くいます。山谷老友会は、孤独の壁をこえて連帯し、はげましあい、またささえあってきましたが、死後の安心なしには、真の生活の安らぎがないところから、ひまわり地蔵尊の建立を思いたちました。ひまわりの花は、太陽の下で一生を働きぬいてきた日雇労働者のシンボルといえます。
この地蔵尊は、倉田辰彦氏をはじめ、多くの方々のご好意と浄財が寄せられて実現したものです。
榮法山浄閑寺廿五世暢譽代
Interestingly, mentions online of 山谷老友会 (which I've translated as Sanya Association for the Elderly), only seem to appear in reference to this statue.
Located inside Jokan-ji (also known as Nagekomi-dera) in Minami Senju, Arakawa Ward, Tokyo. Directly across from the temple's memorial to the prostitutes of Yoshiwara.
Sanya was located between what are now Taito and Arakawa Wards. It no longer exists as an official district, but is still a recognizable neighborhood. During the Edo period it was home to butchers, tanners and leather workers, who were considered the least desirable caste by Buddhist authorities. During the 20th century, it became the home of the day laborers and transient construction workers who made much of the postwar reconstruction and modernization of Tokyo possible, and has long been one of the city's centers of poverty and homelessness.
More recently, the neighborhood has started to be overtaken by gentrification, with many of the boarding houses now marketing themselves as low-cost hostels for backpackers and young foreign tourists. There are still many homeless and semi-homeless living in the area, however.
Edward Fowler's "San'ya Blues" is an excellent source of information about this area. It includes a collection of interviews with the people who've spent their lives working and living here, although it was written in the mid-90s, before any of the renovation of the Minami Senju neighborhood had started.
Day laborers sitting in a crop field at a Manoli Village Farm in Sonipat District, Haryana, India.
Photo credit: Katrin Park / International Food Policy Research Institute / 1 June, 2016
Kōloa, Kaua‘i.
The Sugar Monument - The Hawaii Sugar Industry Workers, by Jan Gordon Fisher, bronze sculpture,1985.
This bronze sculpture is located in Kōloa near the site of Hawai‘i's first sugar plantation. The sculpture shows people of the eight principal ethnic groups who labored in the industry. (Caucasian, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, and Puerto Rican). I can't seem to find the Caucasian, though (?).
More historical information about Kōloa's early sugar plantation can be found here.
Le Bambole Mk. II Pinhole Camera. Kodak 160 Portra VC. Exposure: f/256 and 3 seconds.
Local Accession Number: 11_07_003230
Title: Minuteman statue reinstalled, Concord
Creator/Contributor: Grant, Spencer, 1944- (Photographer)
Genre: Slides
Date created: 1975
Physical description: 1 slide : color ; 35 mm.
General notes: Title from photographer caption.
Subjects: Public sculpture; Minutemen (Militia); Hoisting machinery; Laborers
Collection: Spencer Grant Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright (c) Spencer Grant
Real Photo Post Card of a group of laborers. Nothing written on back. Purchased at an antique shop in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.
Big Read launch event in Washington DC with Honorary Action Week Chair
Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India
joins Queen Rania and a fellow child advocates for global education
Jessica Markowitz, an eighth grade student from Seattle in signing the
“Big Read"
Queen Rania of Jordan greets Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global
Campaign for Education event in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan and Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global Campaign
for Education event in Washington, DC
A packed house of Global Education advocates join Her Majesty Queen
Rania of Jordan, The Honorable Nita Lowey, Representative of New York,
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council, Gene
Sperling, Counselor to the US Secretary of the Treasury at the
National Press Club in Washington, DC on April 21st, 2009 for a
roundtable discussion entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Michelle Dixon of the Global Campaign for Education welcomes
roundtable participant
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury speaks about
his vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for all at
a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC entitled
"A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to a Better
Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Global Campaign for Education Board Member Imad Sabi of Oxfam, Joanne
Carter, Executive Director of Results, Queen Rania and others at a
packed GAW roundtable in DC "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US helps launch the Big Read
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
greets Devli.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
Speaks greets Jessica.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Gene Sperling
(Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury), Devli Kumari (9 year old
former child laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old
education advocate from Seattle) before The Big Read launch event in
Washington, DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US speaks about the importance of US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at the Big Read launch event in Washington, DC
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan and Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) at Big Read launch event in DC.
Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate from Seattle) talks
about her personal experience and advocacy to bring girls together to
campaign for literacy and education for all.
Queen Rania of Jordan, Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate
from Seattle) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey talk before Big Read launch
event in DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
helps launch the Big Read.
National Education Association (NEA) Vice Prsident Lily Eskelsen
greets Rock Creek Valley Elementary School 4th grade class at the “Big
Read” launch in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Governor Murphy, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Laborers’ International Union of North America Vice President Ray M. Pocino, and Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise highlight benefits of the Infrastructure Investment and jobs act for New Jersey on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (OIT/NJ Governor’s Office).
Translation for the title :-
I am a laborer, I do not care about adobe I build for gods.
Taken from a poem in Hindi by poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar.
Took this while I was at home in Dehradun, near foothills of Himalayas.
Travel to NOLA - February 2024 - Krewe Of Zulu
Early in 1909, a group of laborers in a club named ?The Tramps? went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy that included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me' about the Zulu Tribe. According to legend, after seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. The rest, as they say, is history. Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians, however, seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that.
Conversations and interviews with older members indicate that, back in the day, the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or ?Club.? The Tramps were one such group. The group that founded Zulu was probably made up of both members from the Tramps and other ward-based groups and members of a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community. For a small amount of dues, members received financial help when they got sick or there was a funeral to pay for.
While the men marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King. The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story in the early days were similarly attired.
The year 1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Today Zulu is famous for their coconut throw ? quite possibly the most coveted throw in all of Mardi Gras. Zulu?s honor guard is called the Soulful Warriors; and they have characters including Big Shot, Witch Doctor, Ambassador, Mayor, Province Prince, Governor and Mr. Big Stuff.
The most famous Krewe of Zulu king was Louis Armstrong who reigned in 1949.
Year founded: 1909
Membership: 1500 male riders
Signature throw: hand decorated coconuts
Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near Childress, Texas. Nettie Featherston; photo by Dorothea Lange, June 1938. “I just prayed and prayed and prayed all the time that God would take care of us and not let my children starve…” (Brief biography and portion of oral history interview )
Eyes of the Great Depression 005
Library of Congress image.
Woman of the High Plains products from Exit78 at zazzle.com
Big Read launch event in Washington DC with Honorary Action Week Chair
Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India
joins Queen Rania and a fellow child advocates for global education
Jessica Markowitz, an eighth grade student from Seattle in signing the
“Big Read"
Queen Rania of Jordan greets Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global
Campaign for Education event in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan and Congresswoman Nita Lowey at Global Campaign
for Education event in Washington, DC
A packed house of Global Education advocates join Her Majesty Queen
Rania of Jordan, The Honorable Nita Lowey, Representative of New York,
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council, Gene
Sperling, Counselor to the US Secretary of the Treasury at the
National Press Club in Washington, DC on April 21st, 2009 for a
roundtable discussion entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Michelle Dixon of the Global Campaign for Education welcomes
roundtable participant
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury speaks about
his vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for all at
a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC entitled
"A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to a Better
Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Global Campaign for Education Board Member Imad Sabi of Oxfam, Joanne
Carter, Executive Director of Results, Queen Rania and others at a
packed GAW roundtable in DC "A Smart Response to Challenging Times:
Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey (NY-18), Chairwoman of House
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs speaks about her vision for US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at a Global Campaign for Education
roundtable in Washington DC entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging
Times: Education Our Way to a Better Future for All."
Gayle Smith, Senior Director for Relief, Development and Stabilization
and Senior Advisor to the President, National Security Council speaks
about her vision for US leadership in achieving quality education for
all at a Global Campaign for Education roundtable in Washington DC
entitled "A Smart Response to Challenging Times: Education Our Way to
a Better Future for All."
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US helps launch the Big Read
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
greets Devli.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
Speaks greets Jessica.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Gene Sperling
(Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury), Devli Kumari (9 year old
former child laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old
education advocate from Seattle) before The Big Read launch event in
Washington, DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan launches Global Education Week at an event in
Washington, DC to call attention to the 75 million children currently
out of school around the world and call on world leaders to act to
ensure this education gap is erased.
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and founder
of GCE US speaks about the importance of US leadership in achieving
quality education for all at the Big Read launch event in Washington, DC
Devli Kumari, a recently literate former child laborer from India,
tells her story about the difference education has made in her life to
the press at the Big Read launch at the National Press Club in
Washington DC.
Queen Rania of Jordan and Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) at Big Read launch event in DC.
Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate from Seattle) talks
about her personal experience and advocacy to bring girls together to
campaign for literacy and education for all.
Queen Rania of Jordan, Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education advocate
from Seattle) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey talk before Big Read launch
event in DC.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Vice President, Fran Lawrence
helps launch the Big Read.
National Education Association (NEA) Vice Prsident Lily Eskelsen
greets Rock Creek Valley Elementary School 4th grade class at the “Big
Read” launch in Washington, DC
Queen Rania of Jordan joins Devli Kumari (9 year old former child
laborer from India) and Jessica Markowitz (13 yr old education
advocate from Seattle) in signing The Big Read
The vendors and the laborers all doing respective activities at streets of Karachi as to make them earn some chunk for their livelihood...!!
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Travel to NOLA - February 2024 - Krewe Of Zulu
Early in 1909, a group of laborers in a club named ?The Tramps? went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy that included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me' about the Zulu Tribe. According to legend, after seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. The rest, as they say, is history. Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians, however, seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that.
Conversations and interviews with older members indicate that, back in the day, the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or ?Club.? The Tramps were one such group. The group that founded Zulu was probably made up of both members from the Tramps and other ward-based groups and members of a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community. For a small amount of dues, members received financial help when they got sick or there was a funeral to pay for.
While the men marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King. The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story in the early days were similarly attired.
The year 1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Today Zulu is famous for their coconut throw ? quite possibly the most coveted throw in all of Mardi Gras. Zulu?s honor guard is called the Soulful Warriors; and they have characters including Big Shot, Witch Doctor, Ambassador, Mayor, Province Prince, Governor and Mr. Big Stuff.
The most famous Krewe of Zulu king was Louis Armstrong who reigned in 1949.
Year founded: 1909
Membership: 1500 male riders
Signature throw: hand decorated coconuts
“Débardeur” Bronze by Constantin Meunier (1831-1905)
Antique Bronze Constantin Meunier Dockhand Worker Laborer Sculpture, 19 inch
An antique bronze figure by Constantin Meunier, 1890. After Meunier. Originally designed in 1889.
Dimensions: Height 19.25 in.
Weight: 18.6 pounds
Sources: Débardeur du port d'Anvers [Antwerp Harbour Docks]
Musée d'Orsay: Débardeurs or dockworkers loaded and unloaded ships. The Débardeur du port d'Anvers, sculpted by Meunier, became an archetypal representation of the individual's alienation through work. An initial wax version was exhibited in 1885 in Brussels at the Salon des XX. When the great plaster sculpture was presented in Paris at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-arts in 1889, it was well received by the critics: "…never has such tragic and touching expression, such energy, oppression, suffering and resignation been put into a figure, with such intensity."