Labor Landmarks
"K"

Name Street Address City State Historical Notes
Kansas City Labor History Tour
Kansas City MO The tour covers the 19th to the 20th century beginning with Alderman Jim Pendergast and the West Bottoms. Includes a monument to Terence V. Powderly. Marks locations of IWW free speech fights and Ford sit-down strikes.
Kehoe, Jack, Hibernian House
Girardville PA Nestled in Pennsylvania's anthracite region, Jack "Blackjack" Kehoe owned this tavern; the state sentenced him to death in 1878 as a leader of the Molly Maguires.
Kelby, Alexander, Grave Marker Oak Grove Cemetery, Cottage Street Pawtucket RI On June 27, 1842, Kentish guards fired on unarmed supporters of T.W. Dorr killing Alexander Kelby. Dorr led Irish laborers and reformers in holding an independent, nondiscriminatory political election, which created a separate state government.


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