in memory of

Grant Conrad

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by John DeSantis

Thibodaux, Louisiana
Shot in the 1887 sugar cane labor strike — the Thibodaux Massacre

Connection

DeSantis is the researcher of the Thibodaux Massacre and by association, the Conrad family.

Memories

How many circumstances led to the discovery of the first accurate and fact-checked account of the Thibodaux Massacre.

Wish I could say

I’d want to ask what was his actual involvement [in the strike]. And, well, considering everything that happened to him, his father, his uncle, how he felt about [the strike], which ended up not amounting to anything, right?