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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joe_Hill_(activist)Joe Hill (activist) - Wikipedia

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   Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund and also known as Joseph Hillström, [1] was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, familiarly called the "Wobblies"). [2] A native Swedish speaker, he learned English during the early 1900s, while ...

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Joe-HillJoe Hill | Folk singer, Labor activist, Union leader | Britannica

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   November 19, 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. (aged 36) Joe Hill (born October 7, 1879, Gävle, Sweden—died November 19, 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.) was a Swedish-born American songwriter and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW); his execution for an alleged robbery-murder made him a martyr and folk hero in the ...

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4. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › singingLabor activist and singer Joe Hill sentenced to death | July ...

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   Nov 16, 2009 · Labor activist and singer Joe Hill sentenced to death. Convicted of murder on meager evidence, the singing Wobbly Joe Hill is sentenced to be executed in Utah. A native of Sweden who immigrated to ...

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   What lessons did Joe Hill learn from other artists and activists?

   • So Hill literally lives on not only in song, but also in other remarkable artists and activists. Here are five lessons from Joe Hill that still resonate today. Hill believed in the power of a united working class, of organizing to fight the system, not other people.

   100 years later: 5 timeless lessons from Joe Hill

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   Who were Joe Hill and Harry McClintock?

   • He and Harry McClintock were Spellbinders for the IWW and would show up as they did at the Tucker Utah strike on June 14, 1913 (Salt Lake Tribune). He shortened his pseudonym to "Joe Hill" as the pen-name under which his songs, cartoons and other writings appeared.

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   Who was William Hill and what did he do?

   • By 1914, Hill was one of the most famous Wobblies in the nation. Public notoriety, however, could prove dangerous for a radical union man. In 1914, Hill was arrested and charged with murdering two Salt Lake City policemen during a grocery store robbery.

   Labor activist and singer Joe Hill sentenced to death

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   Why did Joe Hill join the IWW?

   • Here are five lessons from Joe Hill that still resonate today. Hill believed in the power of a united working class, of organizing to fight the system, not other people. He joined the IWW because it was open to all workers — people of color, women, the un-skilled and foreigners, who were excluded from the AFL at that time.

   100 years later: 5 timeless lessons from Joe Hill

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6. www.thoughtco.com › joe-hill-4582242Joe Hill Biography: Martyr of the Labor Movement - ThoughtCo

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   Oct 2, 2019 · Joe Hill, an immigrant laborer and songwriter for the Industrial Workers of the World, was put on trial for murder in Utah in 1915. His case became nationally famous as many believed his trial to be unjust and his conviction and execution by firing squad made him into a martyr for the labor movement. Born in Sweden as Joel Emmanuel Hagglund, he ...

7. www.nytimes.com › 2011/08/27 › usOld Letter Sheds New Light on Joe Hill Murder Case - The New ...

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   Aug 27, 2011 · Sept. 1, 2011. A picture caption on Saturday with an article about new questions surrounding the murder case that resulted in the execution of the union activist Joe Hill in 1915 misidentified the ...

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9. dailyutahchronicle.com › 2017/09/14 › u-graduateUncovering the Life of Joe Hill - The Daily Utah Chronicle

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   Sep 14, 2017 · September 14, 2017. Joe Hill, labor rights activist, singer-songwriter and a Swedish immigrant, was executed in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1915 after he was accused of murdering a grocer and his son. More than one century later, Hill’s story is still shrouded in mystery — a mystery that many at the University of Utah have worked to unravel.

10. wagingnonviolence.org › 2015/11/100-years-later-5100 years later: 5 timeless lessons from Joe Hill | Waging ...

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    Nov 19, 2015 · Joe Hill’s struggles for worker’s rights, free speech, the right to a fair trial, and against the inequality of our economic order are still significant today. Born in Sweden on October 7, 1879 as Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, Joe Hill left behind a legacy of activist songs as well as innumerable words to live, and die, by.