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Eugene v Debbs, Citizen and Socialist
Eugene V. Debbs was a union organizer who became disillusioned with the way unions were organized. He tried to get the rail workers union to include people of color, but lost by just two votes. Debs would later reflect that if the a r u had been willing to organize the pullman porters, wright the wite staff on the train cars, maybe they could have shut down pullman car operations without halting the railroads.