July 1877
Labor organizingBook sources
Black and white workers participate in the St. Louis general strike
St. Louis, Missouri
During the railroad upheaval of 1877, workers in St. Louis extended the protest into a general strike. Zinn describes Black and white workers acting together and an explicit appeal to support Black strikers.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The chapter supports a particular episode of solidarity, not a claim that racial exclusion disappeared from labor organizing. The municipal chronology corroborates the general strike’s timing, not every reported speech.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 10, pp. 249–251; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- City of St. Louis: 1877 general strike chronology ↗