The Workingmen's Party of California was an American labor organization and political party, founded in 1877 and led by Denis Kearney. Remembered primarily for its anti-Chinese racism, the party's fam
Denis Kearney, founder of the Workingmen's Party of California
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San Francisco riot of 1877
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The San Francisco riot of 1877 was a three-day riot waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, California by the city's majority Irish population from the evening of July 23 through the night
Workingmen's Party of California
…primarily for its anti-Chinese racism, the party's famous slogan was "The Chinese must go!" As a result of heavy unemployment from the Long Depression, Sand Lot rallies erupted in San Francisco that led to the Party's formation in 1877. In 1878, the party won 51 out of 152 delegates to California's Second Constitutional…
Illustration by H.A. Rodgers for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (March 20, 1880) showing a Workingmen's Party of California anti-Chinese rally on the sand lots near San Francisco City Hall
The old San Francisco City Hall building (photographed in 1899 after completion, before it was destroyed in 1906); the political rally which degenerated into the 1877 San Francisco riot was held near this site.
Detail of "Local Chips" illustration published in The Wasp on Aug 18, 1877, showing a "Chinese wash-house before and after the riot".
Illustration of the Beale Street Wharf fire of July 25, 1877 by George Frederick Keller, published in The Wasp