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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 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.
Tucker-Guthrie Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 3461 x 75 feet (1055 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending September 1, 2022, the airport had 7,480 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 86% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 7% military. [3]
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.
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 ...
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.
Florence Reece (April 12, 1900 – August 3, 1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer.She is best known for the song "Which Side Are You On?" which she originally wrote at the age of twelve while her father was out on strike with other coal miners, according to The Penguin Book of American Folk Song by Alan Lomax.
Alma was founded in the spring of 1871 by a group of Union Pacific railroad laborers originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Harlan County was created by the Nebraska Legislature on June 3, 1871, and Alma was made the county seat on July 3, 1871.