ROVING PICKETS 1991, 28:00
Coal miners, coal operators and other participants recall the sometimes violent battle over jobs, health care, and a voice in the political system that focused national attention on the economic crisis in the Appalachian coalfields and stimulated President Johnson’s interest in creating a “war on poverty.”
“Chronicles one of the most important resistance efforts of poor people in Appalachia.” -Ron Eller, Department of History, University of Kentucky. “Well worth seeing.” -Bill Bishop, political columnist
