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The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s.
Aug 6, 2021 · The Harlan County War, also known as "Bloody Harlan," is one of many violent labor conflicts that characterized the early industrial period in the U.S. Although underemphasized in modern curriculums, these struggles have large implications on present-day American labor rights and the broader economic structure.
Jun 4, 2000 · Harlan County War: Directed by Tony Bill. With Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson. A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
In the 1930s, miners in Harlan County, Kentucky fought back against coal mine operators in a bitter and long-lasting labor dispute. Learn about the Harlan County War, the pay cuts, lockouts, and executions that occurred.
Aug 14, 2019 · Union members were beaten, their families terrorized. Organizers were shot at, their homes gassed. “Strangers” were kidnapped, then lucky if they were just taken to the county line. Only late in 1939 did intransigent Harlan coal masters reluctantly sign on with the union.
Nov 7, 2021 · The Harlan County Wars took on its own epic spin on the ongoing fight between labor disputes and the coal operators and owners lasting almost ten years. Mostly, the miners were fighting for improved working conditions, higher wages, and better housing options for their families.
Nov 7, 2021 · The Harlan County Coal Wars 1931-1939 We return to our series on the Coal Wars of the United States with "Bloody Harlan" and the Battle for Evarts. These battles will end the Coal Wars...
Mar 13, 2011 · On May 5, 1931 the pot boiled over, in Harlan County Kentucky. Big armed deputies and company men, called “gun thugs” by miners, confronted some union men on a road near Evarts. The coal miners, lean and tough from Kentucky mountain life, knew how to fight back.
Harlan County War ★★½ 2000 Ruby Kincaid (Hunter) is the wife of striking Kentucky coal miner Silas (Levine). After a court order severely restricts the union members' protests, Ruby leads the wives into action, even allowing her arrest to be used as propaganda by union rep Warren Jakopovich (Skarsgard) to her husband's dismay.
The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s.
