8.4 Memorial Day Massacre, 1937

Teaching Labor's Story

8.4 Memorial Day Massacre, 1937

Photo: The Chicago Memorial Day Incident, photograph from the papers of the La Follette Committee. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

An eyewitness narration of unedited newsreel footage of the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago, Illinois when steel unionists and their supporters were met with police violence on their way to demand the right to set up a mass picket in front of Republic Steel.

For Students: Primary Source
For Teachers: Teaching Guide

Primary Source (pdf link)

Teaching Guide (pdf link)

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