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Harlan County USA (variously written with and without a comma) is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky.
The 1976 documentary film Harlan County, USA, winner of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, focuses on similar labor violence of the 1970s but refers to the 1930s violence as context. (Florence Reece appears in the film.) The 2000 television movie Harlan County War starred Holly Hunter.
While the Blackjewel protest was entirely peaceful, Harlan County has been the site of labor protests for nearly a century. In the 1930s, coal miners attempted to unionize earning the area the nickname “Bloody Harlan.” [32] Coal operators used deadly violence as a means to break the strike and miners fought back with equal violence. In the ...
In overtime, Harlan County’s Cottrell, a sophomore who’s been notable this tournament for his exceedingly long hair, nailed the 3-pointer that gave the Black Bears a 72-69 lead at the 3:06 mark.
The Harlan County Coal Miners, 1931–39 (University of Illinois Press, 2002) is also titled after the song. Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest part 1, 2003 documentary. The song plays during the end credits of the 2016 drama In Dubious Battle. The song, Florence Reece, and the Harlan miner's strike feature in episode 2 of Damnation.
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The final straw was when the Harlan County Coal Operators Association cut miners' wages by 10%. [3] After this, the first strike occurred, in which only about 13% of strikers showed up to work. Out of all these battles, the Battle of Evarts was one of the most violent.
On Thursday, Harlan County, Evangel Christian, Louisville Trinity and Campbell County moved on to the final eight. Friday’s quarterfinal winners were Great Crossing, Lyon County, Harlan County ...