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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.
When beginning to make the film Harlan County, USA, Kopple was promised a $9,000 grant, then later was denied. This happened countless times before she eventually secured the necessary funds. The moving image collection of Barbara Kopple is held at the Academy Film Archive, which preserved Harlan County, USA. [27]
The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) ...
Collins died in 2007, and his son was instrumental in local efforts to build a memorial that stands today. ... On May 20, 2006, an explosion at Darby Mine No. 1 in Harlan County killed five miners ...
William Anthony "Tough Tony" Boyle (December 1, 1904 – May 31, 1985) was an American miner, union leader, and convicted murder-for-hire conspirator. He became president of the United Mine Workers of America union in 1963, serving until 1972.
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 ...
“I don’t have a pulse, and she’s cold,” he told the 911 operator, according to audio of the call. Paramedics arrived minutes later, and Susann was pronounced dead at 6:35 a.m., her death ...
Netflix has kicked 2025 off strong with "Missing You," the latest thriller based on a Harlan Coben book. It follows the hugely successful Coben adaptation " Fool Me Once ," which became one of ...