1937 Memorial Day massacre
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.
The Chicago Memorial Day Incident, photograph from the papers of the La Follette Committee
A victim of the incident waits to testify before the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee of the U.S. Senate (June 30, 1937)
Paramount News footage of the 1937 Memorial Day massacre screens before the La Follette Committee (July 2, 1937)
Chicago police defend their riot tactics at a hearing before the La Follette Committee (June 30, 1937)
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.
Image: Chicago Skyline in September 2023 (cropped)
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