The Knights of Labor: Pioneers of NC’s Labor Movement
By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Knights of Labor (KOL)-founded in 1869 and once the nation's largest labor organization-left an imprint on North Carolina far deeper than their brief period of prominence suggests. At their peak in the 1880s, the Knights expanded from a handful of assemblies in the Raleigh-Durham area to a statewide force stretching from Asheville to the port city of Wilmington. The first North Carolina assemblies of
