It's Labor History Month - plan your vacation with a map of labor sites and Quindaro - some local history

About this episode

The episode discusses planning a road trip to labor history sites and features a conversation with Chris Garlock about the Labor Landmark Map.

Planning a summer road trip? How about visiting the places where ordinary people made extraordinary change? We’ll talk to Chris Garlock of the Labor Heritage Foundation about their new Labor Landmark Map! Then we’ll visit a nearby landmark – Quindaro, the town founded by Wyandot Indians, abolitionists and free blacks as a free port on the Missouri River. We’ll talk to a descendant of Robert Monroe who escaped to freedom across the winter ice. Our feature is Washington Window with Mark Gruenberg.

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Garlock

Topics covered

• labor history
• road trip
• local history
• abolition
• community activism

Keywords

• labor history
• road trip
• Quindaro
• Labor Heritage Foundation
• abolitionists

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labor Heritage Foundation, Washington Window

Places: Quindaro

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