The Road to Ludlow: Breaking the 1913-14 Southern Colorado Coal Strike, Anthony Destefanis, Ph.D.
May 1st 7:00 p.m. InfoZone Theater, Rawlings Public Library, 4th Floor
Anthony DeStefanis, Assistant Professor of History at Otterbein University who received his PhD from the College of William and Mary in 2004 and specializes in modern U.S. history with an emphasis on labor and the working class. Dr. DeStefanis’ current research uses the Colorado National Guard to examine military strikebreaking. His book manuscript in progress is titled “Guarding the Empire: Soldier Strikebreakers on the Long Road to the Ludlow Massacre.” His most recent article entitled “The Road to Ludlow: Breaking the 1913-14 Southern Colorado Coal Strike” was published in the Journal of the Historical Society in September 2012. This Preservation Month program is co-sponsored by the Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society.