Pre-work

To prepare for this workshop, we ask that you take a look at the following resources, including presentations from our panelists and some secondary and primary sources related to our topic.

Recorded Presentations:

• Robert Forrant, When the labor and civil rights movements and ‘New Immigration’ confronted the status quo (39 minutes)

• Dexter Arnold, Lawrence Textile strike of 1919 (28 minutes)

• Introduction to Lesly Melendez, The Roots of an Activist (6 minutes)

Click HERE for information on the facilitators and speakers.

Additional Readings

Please review these articles:

• • "Whose America is This?", by Paul Cowan. Lawrence History Center, Village Voice Vol XXIV No. 14, April 2, 1979.

  • "The City That Tried to Forget Its Past" featured in Attenzione, 1980 by Paul A. Cowan. Lawrence History Center.

  • “A City’s Past Forgotten and Reborn” Merrimack Valley Magazine June 2020 by Jim Beauchesne

Questions

After watching our panelists’ pre-recorded presentations, if you have a question for the panel, please add it to this document and we will do our best to include it in the Q and A during the session.