How a 1897 Massacre of Pennsylvania Coal Miners Morphed From a Galvanizing Crisis to Forgotten History

Dr. Paul Shackel discusses contested memory and meaning of the 1897 Lattimer massacre in an article for Smithsonian. The article describes how the deaths of these 19 immigrant coal miners served to unify the labor movement at the time, while business leaders pushed to erase the event from public memory. Discussion of Lattimer's place in public memory is increasingly relevant today, as a new wave of migration from Latin America changes the area.

Read the full article here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-1897-massacre-pennsylvania-coal-miners-morphed-galvanizing-crisis-forgotten-history-180971695/

Published on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 09:48