Workingmen's Party of California

Workingmen's Party of California
Founded1877 (1877)
Dissolved1883 (1883)
IdeologyAnti-Chinese racism
Denis Kearney, founder of the Workingmen's Party of California

The Workingmen's Party of California (WPC) was an American labor organization, founded in 1877 and led by Denis Kearney, J. G. Day, and H. L. Knight.[1]

Its famous slogan was "The Chinese must go!"[2]

  1. ^ Cross, Ira. "Denis Kearney Organizes the Workingmen". West Valley College. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. ^ Huping Ling; Allan W. Austin (17 March 2015). Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1346–. ISBN 978-1-317-47644-3.

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