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FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre
Manage episode 364460042 series 2854083
One from the archives for your Memorial Day weekend listening. Enjoy.
It was an industry that at one time employed 700,000 workers, including 200,000 here in the Chicago area. Italians, Poles, Mexicans, African Americans, and others willing to put in a long and sometimes dangerous day’s work found good pay and a career working at the steel mills. Then gradually, it went away… but not before one fateful Memorial Day protest turned deadly.
YouTube Short: Chicago's U.S. Steel South Works and Steelworker's Park (Then and Now)
https://youtu.be/20dc56meKG8
PBS: Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried https://www.pbs.org/video/memorial-day-massacre-workers-die-film-buried-3hzo89/
Affiliate Links (anything you buy - not just this stuff - through these links helps benefit the show at no additional cost to you):
Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried by Greg Mitchell
https://amzn.to/45PIy7J
1937 Chicago Steel Strike: Blood On The Prairie, The by John F. Hogan
https://amzn.to/3vh6spF
Blood On Steel: Chicago Steelworkers and the Strike of 1937 by Michael Dennis
https://amzn.to/3v9XXNf
Steelworker's Park:
https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/steelworkers-park
Chicago Lakeside: Imagine (with Bill Kurtis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Po53cnuHlg
Illinois Labor History Society Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q3RUGLfFv0
Mollie West Describes the Memorial Day Massacre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sO1siAQlWA&t=9s
Thinking about outdoor movies? Here's the gear I use:
Epson 1080p Projector:
https://amzn.to/3qfGvcI
120" Projector Screen
https://amzn.to/3BWDmRp
Chicago History Podcast Clothing, Mugs, Totes, & More (your purchase helps support the podcast):
https://www.teepublic.com/user/chicago-history-podcast
https://teespring.com/stores/chicago-history-podcast
Chicago History Podcast (chicagohistorypod@gmail.com):
https://www.chicagohistorypod.com
https://www.facebook.com/Chicago-History-Podcast-107482214277883
https://twitter.com/chicago_pod
https://www.instagram.com/chicagohistorypod/
Chicago History Podcast Art by Joh
A true crime podcast with a focus on lesser known crimes and the background of those...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Chapters
1. FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] Murder and Mimosas Podcast (00:08:39)
3. (Cont.) FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre (00:09:26)
215 episodes
Manage episode 364460042 series 2854083
One from the archives for your Memorial Day weekend listening. Enjoy.
It was an industry that at one time employed 700,000 workers, including 200,000 here in the Chicago area. Italians, Poles, Mexicans, African Americans, and others willing to put in a long and sometimes dangerous day’s work found good pay and a career working at the steel mills. Then gradually, it went away… but not before one fateful Memorial Day protest turned deadly.
YouTube Short: Chicago's U.S. Steel South Works and Steelworker's Park (Then and Now)
https://youtu.be/20dc56meKG8
PBS: Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried https://www.pbs.org/video/memorial-day-massacre-workers-die-film-buried-3hzo89/
Affiliate Links (anything you buy - not just this stuff - through these links helps benefit the show at no additional cost to you):
Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried by Greg Mitchell
https://amzn.to/45PIy7J
1937 Chicago Steel Strike: Blood On The Prairie, The by John F. Hogan
https://amzn.to/3vh6spF
Blood On Steel: Chicago Steelworkers and the Strike of 1937 by Michael Dennis
https://amzn.to/3v9XXNf
Steelworker's Park:
https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/steelworkers-park
Chicago Lakeside: Imagine (with Bill Kurtis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Po53cnuHlg
Illinois Labor History Society Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q3RUGLfFv0
Mollie West Describes the Memorial Day Massacre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sO1siAQlWA&t=9s
Thinking about outdoor movies? Here's the gear I use:
Epson 1080p Projector:
https://amzn.to/3qfGvcI
120" Projector Screen
https://amzn.to/3BWDmRp
Chicago History Podcast Clothing, Mugs, Totes, & More (your purchase helps support the podcast):
https://www.teepublic.com/user/chicago-history-podcast
https://teespring.com/stores/chicago-history-podcast
Chicago History Podcast (chicagohistorypod@gmail.com):
https://www.chicagohistorypod.com
https://www.facebook.com/Chicago-History-Podcast-107482214277883
https://twitter.com/chicago_pod
https://www.instagram.com/chicagohistorypod/
Chicago History Podcast Art by Joh
A true crime podcast with a focus on lesser known crimes and the background of those...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Chapters
1. FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] Murder and Mimosas Podcast (00:08:39)
3. (Cont.) FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre (00:09:26)
215 episodes
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