Every time I go down to Harlan, KY, I'm always struck not just with my own folk's history, which is always present in my own imagination, but I always feel a great amount of pride mixed with sorrow. They are a tough, courageous people, who have had to endure more hardship than most Americans can ever imagine just to st...ay alive.
I'm going to re-watch the Barbara Kopple's documentary "Harlan County USA," which won an Academy award in 1977. I suggest it as required viewing if you want to know about the coal miners struggle to unionize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IrnNAweM0
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