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English: Sign posted by UMWA picketers during the Brookside Mine Strike of the 1970s. This strike was the subject of the 1976 film, Harlan County, USA.

Caption: "TWO YOUNG PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY TO A HIGH SCHOOL FUNCTION IN BROOKSIDE, KENTUCKY, NEAR MIDDLESBORO. THEY ARE WALKING SINGLE FILE ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS. STRIKE SIGNS ADORN THE TREE PROCLAIMING THE UNION SIDE OF THE STRIKE AGAINST THE BROOKSIDE MINE COMPANY. SOME OF THE PICKETERS ARE PARTIALLY VISIBLE TO THE EXTREME LEFT EDGE OF THE PICTURE. IT WAS A LONG AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT STRIKE THAT ENDED WHEN A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON THE PICKET LINE, 06/1974." ARC identifier 556544.
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Source The National Archives - Archival Research Catalog
Author Jack Corn

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