American Experience · SEASON 28

The Mine Wars

Episode 2 · 2016-01-26

★ 5.0
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Season 28Episode 2★ 5.0/10
  • Documentary

Episode overview

The story of small people going up against very big forces for a better nation. In the first two decades of the 20th century, coal miners and coal companies in West Virginia clashed in a series of brutal conflicts over labor conditions and unionization.

55 minutes

Season 28 episodes