Article. By Howard Zinn. 1976. Essay urging readers to rethink Memorial Day, who we honor, and what resources we prioritize.| Zinn Education Project
Article. By David W. Blight. 2011. The people's history of Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina during Reconstruction.| Zinn Education Project
When police killed ten union activists in Chicago—and the film cover-up that followed.| www.pbs.org
We look at the largely forgotten 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, when police in Chicago shot at and gassed a peaceful gathering of striking steelworkers and their supporters, killing 10 people, most of them shot in the back. It was a time like today, when unions were growing stronger. The workers were on strike against Republic Steel, and the police attacked them with weapons supplied by the company. The tragic story is told in a new PBS documentary. “The mass media, right up to The New York Ti...| Democracy Now!