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Jun 15, 2018 · Eugene Debs had led historic strikes and run for president four times on the Socialist Party ticket, But the renowned orator had never given a speech so risky or consequential as the one he...
Jun 22, 2020 · By 1920, the name Eugene Debs represented different things to different groups. For some, he was a visionary union leader and politician who rose to the national stage to unite American workers ...
Sep 22, 2019 · Eugene V. Debs was a force in American politics a century before Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would campaign for the White House as a democratic socialist. Accessibility statement Skip to main ...
Debs Biography – The Eugene V. Debs Foundation. Biographical Information. Born: Nov. 5,1855, in Terre Haute, Indiana. Died: Oct. 20,1926, Lindlahr Sanitarium, Elmhurst, Illinois. Buried in Terre Haute, Indiana. Education: Attended Terre Haute Public schools, dropping out of high school at age of 14 to take job as painter in railroad yards.
Making his way in the railroad industry, Debs formed the American Railway Union in 1892. Two years later he found himself leading one of the largest strikes in American history — the great Pullman strike. When its workers refused to accept a pay cut, The Pullman Car Company fired 5000 employees.
Eugene V. Debs, 5 times Socialist candidate for President, set free from prison on Christmas Day. 1921. Courtesy: Library of Congress. Outspoken leader of the labor movement, Eugene Debs...
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Debs was a passionate labor leader and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the U.S. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Debs emerged as a...
