Those who knew Debs described him as respectful, self-effacing and generous, said Allison Duerk, director of the Eugene V. Debs Museum in Terre Haute, which is housed in the three-story home where ...

Those who knew Debs described him as respectful, self-effacing and generous, said Allison Duerk, director of the Eugene V. Debs Museum in Terre Haute, which is housed in the three-story home where ...

Eugene Debs delivers an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio, in June 1918. ... He ended up being commuted by then-President Harding, leaving the facility in December 1921 as inmates cheered him on.

Debs, the museum director said, was only allowed one 500-word press release a week from prison — certainly not the dozens of Truth Social posts Trump routinely fires off on any given day.

Eugene V. Debs did not speak on election night in 1920. The Socialist presidential contender was, in his words, a “candidate in seclusion,” imprisoned in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for ...

Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Debs was a passionate labor leader and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the U.S. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Debs emerged as a divisive ...

Yet Debs did not let incarceration keep his message from the voters. In a wry response to Harding’s “front porch” campaign style, in which the Republican candidate received visits from the front porch ...

When the number assigned to Debs changed, a new campaign button emerged: “For President, Convict No. 9653.” Even from prison, Debs cleverly electioneered through the new medium of motion pictures.

American labor leader, US Ppresidential candidate, and prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) waves to supporters following his release from prison on December 25, 1921.