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1937 Memorial Day massacre information


Memorial Day massacre of 1937
Part of Little Steel strike
The Chicago Memorial Day Incident, photograph from the papers of the La Follette Committee
DateMay 30, 1937
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States

41°40′58″N 87°32′24″W / 41.682895°N 87.539912°W / 41.682895; -87.539912
Parties
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Chicago Police Department
Lead figures

Dorothy Day

Casualties and losses
Deaths: 10
Wounded: 67+
Deaths: 0
1937 Memorial Day massacre is located in Greater Chicago
1937 Memorial Day massacre
Location within Greater Chicago

In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the Little Steel strike in the United States.

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