This is one of the hardest lectures i give and it is because there is a mixture of history, but also personal stories in it, and for me it is a little bit of background. For those that do not know, who has ever heard of the ludlow massacre . About 70 of you. Archaeologists, at the university of denver did a survey of colorado and they found that less than 70 of people in the state had ever heard of the massacre. And of those that had heard of it, they thought it was a massacre by native americans killing white settlers. Ok. So, just a little bit of background. From my experience with the massacre, i grew up in southern colorado and my family have lived here for the past 150 years. Ludlow was my first filled trip in the third grade. Ith the college, he is up ended up studying with someone who had done research with hispanics in colorado. And i didnt research at the archives in our community. In the past couple years, i was able to sit on the Centennial Commission, 100 years since the lu
Nervous. This is one of the hardest lectures i give. Its because there is a mixture of history, there are also in it. Al stories and i who has never heard of the ludlow massacre . A few of you. In the mid to thousands, archaeologists in the University Survey and found a lot of people had not heard of the massacre. Out of those that had heard of the ludlow massacre, they thought it was about native americans killing white settlers. From my experience, i grew up in southern colorado. My family has lived here for 150 years. Ludlow was my first field trip in the third grade. I went to college and ended up studying with an individual who had done research on colorado and i had the opportunity to do research at the archives in our community. Years, ist couple of was able to sit on the ludlow Centennial Commission, it had been 100 years since the massacre. It was a governor appointed commission. I ended up being the cochair of the commission. I will have you guessed skewed in a little bit o.
A little bit of background. For those of you dont know or have heard, who has ever heard of the ludlow massacre . Midto thousands mid 2000s archaeologists in the , university of denver did a survey and found a lot of people had not heard of the massacre. Out of those that had heard of the ludlow massacre, they thought it was about native americans killing white settlers. A bit of background. From my experience, i grew up in southern colorado. My family has lived here for 150 years. Ludlow was my first field trip in the third grade. I went to college and ended up studying with an individual who had done research on colorado and i had the opportunity to do research at the archives in our community. In the past couple of years, i was able to sit on the ludlow Centennial Commission, it had been 100 years since the massacre. It was a governor appointed commission. I ended up being the cochair of the commission. When i think about ludlow, i think of my personal connections in the history of
The history of the Ludlow Massacre of striking coal miners, which was one of the most brutal attacks on organised labour in North American history. It was the pinnacle of efforts by the National Guard and local strike-breakers under the command of the Rockefeller family to suppress a strike of twelve thousand workers.
The history of the Ludlow Massacre of striking coal miners, which was one of the most brutal attacks on organised labour in North American history. It was the pinnacle of efforts by the National Guard and local strike-breakers under the command of the Rockefeller family to suppress a strike of twelve thousand workers.