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July 14

The Great Uprising nationwide railway strike begins in Martinsburg, W.Va., after railroad workers are hit with their second pay cut in a year. In the following days, strike riots spread through 17 states. The next week, federal troops were called out to force an end to the strike - 1877

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July 13

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union organized in Tyronza, Ark. - 1934

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July 12

Bisbee, Ariz., deports Wobblies; 1,186 miners sent into desert in manure-laden boxcars. They had been fighting for improved safety and working conditions - 1917

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July 11

Striking coal miners in Coeur d?Alene, Idaho, dynamite barracks housing Pinkerton management thugs - 1892

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July 10

Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights activist, born - 1875

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July 9

The worst rail accident in U.S. history occurs when two trains pulled by 80-ton locomotives collided head-on at Dutchman?s curve in west Nashville, Tenn. 101 people died, another 171 were injured - 1918

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