Terrance Powderly side profile, black and white. He is wearing round, wire-rim glasses and has a bushy moustache. By Published in the United States prior to 1923, public domain - Front illustration from his autobiography, Thirty Years of Labor, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32927286
Today in #LaborHistory 1/22/1849: Terence Powderly, #KnightsofLabor, was born. KOL members incl #DanielDeLeon, later cofounded #IWW #union & #Socialist Labor Party. KOL claimed to fight for all workers, regardless of gender or race. In reality, was racist, particularly toward #Chinese.
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