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Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School was a public vocational school for grades 9–12 located in East Morrisania, Bronx, New York, named for American Federation of Labor founder Samuel Gompers. The school was founded in 1930 as Samuel Gompers Industrial High School for Boys. [1] It was closed in 2012. [2]
The school board decided to rename an elementary school that had a non-person name. The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that it was likely the first school in the United States to be named after Frank, and the first school in the city with a teenager as its namesake. [2] Gideon, Edward School; Girard, Stephen School; Gompers, Samuel School
Samuel Gompers (né Gumpertz; January 27, 1850 – December 11, 1924) [1] [2] was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.
Wynnefield is served by the School District of Philadelphia. Elementary schools: Samuel Gompers Elementary School (K-8) William B. Mann Elementary School. However, this school is now a Mastery Charter School. High schools: The neighborhood feeder school for Wynnefield is Overbrook High School.
Malzone was born on February 28, 1930, in the Bronx, New York.He was the son of an Italian immigrant, Francis Malzone, and Pauline (Dazago) Malzone. [1] [2] He was signed as a free agent out of Samuel Gompers High School by the Boston Red Sox in 1947, and was the first Gompers graduate to reach the major leagues.
According to CBS and NBC Philadelphia, Scurry and his mother were on their way to Samuel Fels High School in Feltonville around 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, when the athlete was shot multiple ...
During the Long Depression of 1873-1878, the Knights of Labor emerged as a potent force for workers in the United States. [2] Many in the American labor movement, such as Samuel Gompers, sought to implement a 'New Unionism' program which would free unions from political affiliation and limit their goals to the day-to-day concerns of working people.
The King Richard actor — famously "West Philadelphia, born and raised" — visited Overbrook High School in the city and the students went wild in his latest attempt at image rehab.