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Episodes in Anthracite Labor History

September 12, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Free

Moderator:  Chester Kulesa, Administrator Emeritus, Anthracite Heritage Museum

Speakers:
Thomas Mackaman, King’s College, “Labor and Industry in the Early Years of Anthracite”
Ann Flaherty, Kehoe Foundation of Maryland, “The Molly Maguires in the Hard Coal Fields: Fact vs. Fiction”
Robert Wolensky, King’s College, “The Industrial Workers of the World: The Wobblies in Anthracite, 1907-1916”
Robert Schmidt Independent Scholar, “Labor, Violence, and Dynamite in Coal Country”
Mary Kay Kimelewski, Misericordia University, “The 1943 Anthracite Strike in Northeastern Pennsylvania: Defending Patriotism During World War II” 

 

Details

Date:
September 12, 2019
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Anthracite Heritage Museum
Phone:
570-963-4804

Venue

Anthracite Heritage Museum
McDade Park
Scranton, PA 18504 United States
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Phone:
(570) 963-4804
Website:
http://www.anthracitemuseum.org