Leigh Campbell-Hale -- "Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine"
Category: Literary
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Tuesday, Apr 25, 2023 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Leigh Campbell-Hale will speak about and sign her new book, "Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine: The 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike," on Tuesday, April 25th at 6:30 pm, at Boulder Bookstore.
About the Book:
Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine examines the causes, context, and legacies of the 1927 Columbine Massacre in relation to the history of labor organizing and coal mining in both Colorado and the United States. While historians have written prolifically about the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, there has been a lack of attention to the violent event remembered now as the Columbine Massacre in which police shot and killed six striking coal miners and wounded sixty more protestors during the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike, even though its aftermath exerted far more influence upon subsequent national labor policies.
This examination of the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike reorients understandings of labor history from the 1920s through the 1960s and the construction of public memory—and forgetting—surrounding those events.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
*COVID-19 measures: Admission to this event will be limited, and masks are encouraged for all attendees.
