[Striking Miners Play Cards on the Picket Line at Brookside Mine, near Harlan, KY]
Creation: 1973
The miners’ 1972 strike against Duke Power Company over working conditions, wages, and labor practices inspired the award-winning documentary "Harlan County, USA." The miners struck to join United Workers of America, hoping to improve their jobs and lives. Their wives’ support proved critical to sustaining the strike over thirteen months. Corn’s images for The Tennessean humanized the miners.
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[Striking Miners Play Cards on the Picket Line at Brookside Mine, near Harlan, KY]
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Date
Creation: 1973
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Description
The miners’ 1972 strike against Duke Power Company over working conditions, wages, and labor practices inspired the award-winning documentary "Harlan County, USA." The miners struck to join United Workers of America, hoping to improve their jobs and lives. Their wives’ support proved critical to sustaining the strike over thirteen months. Corn’s images for The Tennessean humanized the miners.
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Copyright; licensed to Vanderbilt University
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Black-and-white photographs
Source
MSS0774, Jack Corn Collection, Image 094
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Citation
“[Striking Miners Play Cards on the Picket Line at Brookside Mine, near Harlan, KY],” Gallery, accessed September 21, 2021, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/817.