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Death in the Haymarket A Story of Chicago the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America Author: On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would take decades to recover. Historian James Gr... more »
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