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Death in the Haymarket
2006-06-10T14:44:11-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNDkxXC8xOTI5NDMtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==James Green talked with Ms. Taylor about his book, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America, published by Pantheon. Mr. Green recounted a bomb explosion in 1886 at a Chicago labor rally that killed two policemen and changed the direction of the labor movement and its twenty-year battle for an eight-hour workday. He responded to audience members' questions.
James Green talked with Ms. Taylor about his book, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing Tha…
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James Green talked with Ms. Taylor about his book, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America, published by Pantheon. Mr. Green recounted a bomb explosion in 1886 at a Chicago labor rally that killed two policemen and changed the direction of the labor movement and its twenty-year battle for an eight-hour workday. He responded to audience members' questions. close
James Green talked with Ms. Taylor about his book, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing Tha… read more
James Green talked with Ms. Taylor about his book, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America, published by Pantheon. Mr. Green recounted a bomb explosion in 1886 at a Chicago labor rally that killed two policemen and changed the direction of the labor movement and its twenty-year battle for an eight-hour workday. He responded to audience members' questions. close
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