July 23 - Anti-Chinese Hysteria Mars The Great Upheaval

Labor History in 2:00 · Jul 23, 2026 · 1m

On this day in Labor History the year was 1877. That was the day that a mob began an attack on Chinese workers in San Francisco that killed four people. During the mid-1870s a depression swept across the nation. White workers from the east coast headed west, many to San Francisco, hoping to find a job. Skilled Chinese workers who had completed their labor on the Transcontinental Railroad also came to the city.