Bill Barry, Author of "The 1877 Railroad Strike of Baltimore" | Episode 151
About this episode
Bill Barry discusses the labor movement initiated by Irish immigrants in Baltimore during the late-19th Century.
Bill Barry has worked hard to commemorate the lives of the working-class people in Baltimore who started a labor movement that rippled through the United States in the late-19th Century. Most of these railroad workers in Baltimore were Irish immigrants and Irish Americans. Barry even got a special plaque placed in the shadow of one of the best ballparks in MLB.
People in this episode
Guest: Bill Barry
Topics covered
- labor movement
- Irish immigrants
- Baltimore history
- railroad workers
- 19th Century
- commemoration
Keywords
- labor movement
- Baltimore
- Irish immigrants
- railroad strike
- 19th Century
- Bill Barry
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The 1877 Railroad Strike of Baltimore
Places: Baltimore, MLB
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