Pullman District

"The day for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, when their rights and their wrongs would be discussed... that the workers of our day may not only lay down their tools of labor for a holiday, but upon which they may touch shoulders in marching phalanx and feel the stronger for it (Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, 1898)."

 


Click any photo in the slideshow to view fullsize version (Requires Adobe Flash Player). Click HERE to download the full photoset. Thanks to Stephanie Dowell for the pictures.

Special thanks to our cast and sponsors

CAST:

  • DJ Howard - A. Philip Randolph
  • Mike Wolf – Eugene Debs
  • Meghan Murphy – Jennie Curtis
  • R.J. Lindsey – Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Alma Washington –Acting coach, director
  • Jeff Helgeson – Research, script assistance
  • Patrick Green and Mr. Curry - Set development

Sponsors: Pullman Civic Organization, Illinois Labor History Society, Bronzeville/Chicago Black History Society, Illinois AFL/CIO, Calumet Heritage Partnership, Historic Pullman Foundation, Chicago Metro History Project, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, The State of Illinois Historic Site at Pullman, A. Phillip Randolph Institute, and more

Labor Day Flyer

To get a copy of the above flyer as a PDF file, click HERE

 

 

  
 

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Design by Jacob Shepherd - Carbondale, IL -- 2008