Lawrence History Live
Lawrence History Live! was created in 2008 to give labor history, labor education, and the unique immigrant experience of Lawrence a much more prominent place in the Bread and Roses Heritage Festival.
In a tent right in the center of things, we have seats and a platform set up where historians, writers, union representatives, artists and relatives of families linked to strikers will present their insights on Lawrence's history. Lawrence History Live! also includes a segment on present-day issues facing Lawrence’s and the nation’s workers. In a question-and-answer format, festival visitors are able to participate and contribute their views The schedule is from 1:00 to 5:00 PM.
Topics and themes of past years have included:
- The Fall of the Pemberton Mill
- Epic of the Mega Mills
- Arrest Records of 1912 Strikers
- Lawrence in the WPA Guide
- An Immigrant’s Journey from Home Care Worker to Community Leader
- Bread and Roses and Social Movements
- The Shaw Warehouse Workers Job Action
- and many more.
* For questions, comments, or more information please feel free to contact Jurg Siegenthaler, jsieg@american.edu
2011 Schedule
| 12:20 pm | Ralph Galen, “Introduction” |
| 12:30-1:00 | Frank Palumbo, on his new book, Through Camella's Eye life story of Carmela Teoli |
| 1:00-1:30 | Steve Thornton, “Bread and Roses in the Thread City: The Impact of Lawrence on Connecticut Textile Workers” |
| 1:30-2:00 | Jonas Stundzia, “ How All Forces Came Together for the 1912 strike and the Reason for a Permanent Monument” |
| 2:00-2:45 |
Unions speak out on their current job actions:
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| 2:45-3:15 | Tom Juravich, “At the Altar of the Bottom Line: Workers Voices “ tell about the degradation of work in the 21st century |
| 3:15-3:45 | Robert D'Attilio, On the Lawrence-Sacco and Vanzetti Connection |
| 3:45-4:15 | Ethan Snow, Looking Forward to the Centennial |