The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892_New_Orleans_general_strike" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1892 New Orleans general strike">New Orleans general strike</a> begins, uniting <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">black</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White people">white</a> American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trade union">trade unionists</a> in a successful four-day general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_action" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Strike action">strike action</a> for the first time.