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Primary Sources Guthrie, Woody. Ludlow Massacre Lyrics. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/w/woody+guthrie/ludlow+massacre_20233150.html Web. 9 January 2014.

This song was written by a witness of the massacre. The lyrics describe the whole process the miners went through to be given what they desperately needed. Ludlow Massacre. http://multimedialearningllc.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/ludlow4.jpg Web. 5 January 2014. This picture shows a corpse lying in the middle of a railroad track. A Nation Guard is standing behind it with his gun. Myers, Richard. Remember Ludlow. http://www.rebelgraphics.org/images/content/columbineshoot.jpg Web. 10 January 2014 This picture shows the National Guard shooting down the weaponless miners that were on strike. It helps demonstrate the cruel acts of the guards and militia.

Secondary Sources Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Junior. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-johnjr/ Web. 10 January 2014. This Biography provides information about the Rockefellers and how well known they were around the nation. They owned their own oil and coal mining company. Cooper Milton, John. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography. New York City. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2011. This book cleared up the questions we had about the president at the time being involved with the massacre. Surprisingly he had very little to do with it yet his decisions had a huge impact. Johnson, Marilynn. Violence in the West. Boston, Mass. Bedford Saint Martins. 2009. This book went more into depth of other related issues around the time period. It offered us a grander perspective of the working conditions and helped us piece together the issues.

Laughlin, Rosemary. Ludlow Massacre of 1913-14. Greensboro, NC. Reynolds Incorporated, Morgan. 2006. The author did a great job at explaining the way not only the hired thugs and militiamen attacked the protestors, but so did some of the National Guard. This is a great case of disrupting ones rights and responsibilities. Lois, Ruby. Strike! Mother Jones and The Colorado Coal Field War. Hartford, Connecticut. Filter Press, LLC. 2012. After reading this we were able to understand the methods used by many while fighting for their well-deserved liberties as workers. It amazed us at how calm they actually managed to stay. Martelle, Scott. Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West. New Brunswick. Rutgers University Press. 2008. This is an outstanding piece of literature that gives a vivid description of the events leading up to the devastating massacre. It provides great information on the massacre and the people involved.

Mother Jones and the children of Ludlow. http://www.notmytribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mother-jones-minerschildre.jpg Web. 10 January 2014. This article shows the kindness of Mother Jones. She went out of her way to help others that were affected by this tragedy. It also provided us with pictures of her helping the families, especially the children that were in the middle of the strike and after the massacre. Myers, Richard. Remember Ludlow. https://encryptedtbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3NY6cN1PLUhz9WAd9Ywv1OhzjwBoOwM 537HK14qSWpByxlU_H 29 December 2013, This picture shows the memorial of the Ludlow Massacre. It has a miner and a women and the title say Remember Ludlow. Thoreau, Henry. Shining the Light on the Rockefellers.

http://www.is.wayne.edu/MNISSANI/RevolutionarysToolkit/ChildrenOfLudlowBeforeT heMassacre.jpg Web. 5 January 2014. This article provides information about the miners that were on strike in Ludlow. It also provides pictures of the children of Ludlow miners just before they were killed.

Zinn, Howard. A Peoples History of the United States New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. Print. This book provided a great amount of information. It helped show both sides of the Massacre, especially the miners side.

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