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Boston Police Strike

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Boston Police Strike

Strike in 1919 by most of Boston's police force to protest the police commissioner's decision to deny them the right to unionize. The mayor called in the city militia to restore order and break the strike; Gov. Calvin Coolidge later sent in the state militia, which gave him a reputation as a strong supporter of law and order and led to his nomination as vice president on the 1920 Republican ticket.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Given Day | DENNIS LEHANE: LITERARY In this historical novel, the bestselling author of Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island fictionalizes the 1919 Boston Police Strike and its aftermath, casting an eye on the period's racism and social and political turmoil.
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There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time," Governor Coolidge telegrammed AFL President Sam Gompers during the Boston police strike of 1919.
To strike a nation by Buchanan, Patrick J. / The American Conservative
Francis Russell, A City in Terror: The 1919 Boston Police Strike (New York, 1975), pp.
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