15. Industrialization, Class, and Race:
Chinese and the Anti-Chinese Movement in the Late-19th-Century Northwest
Terence Powderly, Leader of the Knights of Labor, an Anti-Chinese Group
In the 1880s, Terence Powderly (1849-1924) became the most influential labor leader in the United States when he organized the Knights of Labor as an industrial union with open membership, and created a "job conscious" approach to trade union problems. (Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries, Social Issues Files Dc/i.)