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In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937.
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage is a 1937 newsreel of the strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, which escalated into a massacre when Chicago police fired on protestors (1937 Memorial Day massacre). Ten protesters were killed by the police and thirty others suffered gunshot wounds.
1937 Memorial Day massacre at the Republic Steel Company, Chicago (May 30, 1937). The Little Steel strike was a 1937 labor strike by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and its branch the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), against a number of smaller steel producing companies, principally Republic Steel, Inland Steel, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: 1929 Feb 14 Chicago: Illinois: 7 Prohibition gang killing in Lincoln Park by Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. [41] Kansas City massacre: 1933 Jun 17 Kansas City: Missouri: 5 The dead include law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive shot by members of a gang. [42] 1937 Memorial Day massacre: 1937 May 30 Chicago ...
Worst of all, a peaceful rally in Chicago ended in the Memorial Day Massacre as police fired on the crowd, killing ten and ruining the confidence of the strikers. Little Steel defied SWOC in 1937 but when the defense buildup was in high gear in 1941 Washington forced them to accept the unions.
Memorial Day massacre of 1937, May 30, held to remember demonstrators shot by police in Chicago Nora Fontaine Davidson , credited with the first Memorial Day ceremony in Petersburg, Virginia Patriot Day , September 11, in memory of people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks
A memorial to the persons who died in the Memorial Day massacre of 1937 is located at the union hall of United Steelworkers of America Local 1033 at 11731 Avenue O, Chicago. When Republic Steel refused to recognize the Steelworkers Organizing Committee, supporters from around Chicago gathered at the union's headquarters on Memorial Day 1937 and ...
The "Memorial Day massacre" took place in Chicago as the police fired on a parade of United Steel Workers members and their families, killing 10 people and injuring 40 others, outside of the Republic Steel plant. [184] Another 100 were clubbed by police, 28 of whom suffered serious head injuries. [185]