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DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Anna Naruta Ph.D., Director of Collections of Chinese 
 Historical Society of America\nThe Transcontinental Railroad from the West 
 Coast was built primarily by Chinese immigrant labor and this aspect is 
 usually not covered in American history.  In San Francisco, which is 
 officialy 1/3 Asian American, but in reality probably 1/2 Asian American, 
 mostly of Chinese descent, this is an especially important part of American 
 history.  As is stated at  the website on the Chinese American Contribution 
 to the Transcontinental Railroad, 
 http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html,\n'Without the efforts of the Chinese 
 workers in the building of America's railroads, our development and 
 progress as a nation would have been delayed by years. Their toil in severe 
 weather, cruel working conditions and for meager wages cannot be under 
 appreciated. My sentiments and thanks go out to the entire Chinese-American 
 community for its ancestors' contribution to the building of this great 
 Nation."\nThe 1877 Railroad Strike is described by the United Electrical 
 workers' site at http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uen_1877.html\nas "the first 
 major strike in an industry that propelled America’s industrial 
 revolution. It was the first national strike, stretching from Atlantic to 
 Pacific. In some cities, especially St. Louis, the struggle became one of 
 the nation’s first general strikes. This was the first major strike 
 broken by the U.S. military. Probably in no other strike had so many 
 working people met a violent death at the hands of the authorities."\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/23/18430282.php
SUMMARY:LaborFest:1877 Strike & The Chinese Struggle for Justice
LOCATION:New College, 766 Valencia at 19th, San Francisco (16th or 24th St BART)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/23/18430282.php
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