The missoula free speech fight. So in the fall of, 1909, this woman pictured here, Elizabeth Gurley flynn, made her way to missoula to organize laborers. She was very young, 19 years old, as old, as some of you guys are, maybe even a little bit younger than some of you are. But she and several people were there to organize laborers, and specifically lumber workers in the missoula area. But the outcome of her visit there was not just a battle over rights and working conditions, but ultimately a battle over free speech. The rights to free speech, the right to speak freely in public, to assemble in public without being harassed or arrested or jailed. So in this, were going to were going to get into the details of what actually happened in missoula. But i also want to start out a little more broadly talk about the context of this period and whats leading up to this battle, whats shaping it, and then in the aftermath, talk a little about what happened to some of these people that were invol
The missoula free speech fight. So in the fall of, 1909, this woman pictured here, Elizabeth Gurley flynn, made her way to missoula to organize laborers. She was very young, 19 years old, as old, as some of you guys are, maybe even a little bit younger than some of you are. But she and several people were there to organize laborers, and specifically lumber workers in the missoula area. But the outcome of her visit there was not just a battle over rights and working conditions, but ultimately a battle over free speech. The rights to free speech, the right to speak freely in public, to assemble in public without being harassed or arrested or jailed. So in this, were going to were going to get into the details of what actually happened in missoula. But i also want to start out a little more broadly talk about the context of this period and whats leading up to this battle, whats shaping it, and then in the aftermath, talk a little about what happened to some of these people that were invol
The missoula free speech fight. So in the fall of, 1909, this woman pictured here, Elizabeth Gurley flynn, made her way to missoula to organize laborers. She was very young, 19 years old, as old, as some of you guys are, maybe even a little bit younger than some of you are. But she and several people were there to organize laborers, and specifically lumber workers in the missoula area. But the outcome of her visit there was not just a battle over rights and working conditions, but ultimately a battle over free speech. The rights to free speech, the right to speak freely in public, to assemble in public without being harassed or arrested or jailed. So in this, were going to were going to get into the details of what actually happened in missoula. But i also want to start out a little more broadly talk about the context of this period and whats leading up to this battle, whats shaping it, and then in the aftermath, talk a little about what happened to some of these people that were invol
Old, as old, as some of you guys are, maybe even a little bit younger than some of you are. But she and several people were there to organize laborers, and specifically lumber workers in the missoula area. But the outcome of her visit there was not just a battle over rights and working conditions, but ultimately a battle over free speech. The rights to free speech, the right to speak freely in public, to assemble in public without being harassed or arrested or jailed. So in this, were going to were going to get into the details of what actually happened in missoula. But i also want to start out a little more broadly talk about the context of this period and whats leading up to this battle, whats shaping it, and then in the aftermath, talk a little about what happened to some of these people that were involved in this free speech battle. What happened to some of the questions around, free speech and a little bit broadly the significance of this missoula is free speech battle. All right.
this is a film about storytelling. about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times, you might say. every one of us feels we was born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. hi. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in lots of different schools, and we re going places with a deep connection to this