Search results
Eugene Debs (foto 1912). Eugene Victor Debs (Terre Haute, Indiana, 5 november 1855 - Elmhurst, Illinois, 20 oktober 1926), Amerikaans vakbondsman en politicus, was leider van de Socialist Party of America (SPA) en vijfmaal kandidaat voor het presidentschap van zijn land.. Debs was de zoon van immigranten uit de Elzas.Op veertienjarige leeftijd werd hij stoker op een trein.
31 de may. de 2024 · Over a century ago, Eugene Debs ran from his prison cell. Debs, a socialist and labor activist, secured nearly 1 million votes while behind bars for running afoul of the Sedition Act of 1918.
22 de sept. de 2019 · Eugene V. Debs did not speak on election night in 1920. The Socialist presidential contender was, in his words, a “candidate in seclusion,” imprisoned in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for ...
15 de ago. de 2022 · The Eugene V. Debs Collection has more than 4,800 items, digitized and accessible on JSTOR. The collection started with letters, telegrams, typescripts, and manuscripts donated by Debs’s niece, Marguerite Debs Cooper, in 1967. Her father (Eugene’s brother, Theodore) worked for years as Eugene’s assistant and secretary.
The Eugene V. Debs House, on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, was a home of union leader Eugene V. Debs. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The museum is maintained by the Eugene V. Debs Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation.
Debs, Eugene Victor. Socialist Party politician and American labor leader. Born 05 November 1855 in Terre Haute, United States. Died 20 October 1926 in Lindlahr Sanitarium, Elmhurst, United States. As a socialist, Eugene Debs unsuccessfully ran for president four times. He served two prison sentences: the first due to his role in the Pullman ...
14 de ago. de 2023 · EUGENE VICTOR DEBS (1855-1926) was one of the greatest and most articulate advocates of workers’ power to have ever lived. During the early years of the labor movement in the United States, Debs was far ahead of his times, leading the formation of the American Railway Union (ARU) and the American Socialist Party.. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on November 5, 1855.
