Racial conflict and racial solidarity in the Alabama coal strike of 1894: new evidence for the Gutman-Hill debate - Alex Lichtenstein

Pinkertons during the 1894 coal strike

Pinkertons during the 1894 coal strike

Alex Lichtenstein looks at the issue of race in an Alabama coal strike.

Originally appeared in Labor History Volume 36, Issue 1, 1995

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