Salary and Wage Discrimination

Guiding Questions For Sources

What type of discrimination did both Latinx and Irish immigrants face in finding jobs and housing?
What struggles did each group have to endure?
How did/do immigrants contribute to their local economies?

1850 Sanitary survey of the town of Lawrence (pg 17 wages of Irish Laborers)
https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/793384

1850 Report Wages - Jan 21 2021 - 5-53 PM.pdf

Bay State Banner January 31 2018 by Karen Morales

Mass. named worst state for Latinos - The Bay State BannerUsing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Prison Policy Initiative, financial news company 24/ Wall St. rated Massachusetts as the worst state in the nation in economic and social disparities between white and Hispanic residents.

Lawrence Eagle Tribune May 10 1972

“How Many Spanish Speaking”

Lawrence History Center Newspaper Clippings

Lawrence Eagle Tribune May 10 1972.pdf

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