The Resource Struggles in Steel, (electronic resource)
Struggles in Steel, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The current angry debates around affirmative action too often ignore their historical roots: how prior to government intervention African Americans were confined to the most back-breaking, dangerous and low paid work. Struggles in Steel documents the shameful history of discrimination against black workers and one heroic campaign where they won equality on the job. The film is the result of a unique collaboration. Black steelworker Ray Henderson was angered by the lack of coverage of African American workers on the news so he contacted his old high school buddy, noted independent filmmaker Tony Buba, and suggested they collaborate to set the record straight. Together they interviewed more than 70 retired black steelworkers who tell heart-rending tales of struggles with the company, the union and white co-workers to break out of the black job ghetto. With Henderson as guide, they retrace a century of black industrial history - the use of blacks as strikebreakers against the all-white union during the 1892 Homestead Strike, the Great Migration of fieldworkers to the North in World War I, the racial divisions between workers during the Great Steel Strike of 1919 and the ultimate success of the CIO organizing drives of the 1930s. When black vets returned to the mills after WWII, they found they were still locked into the worst jobs with no rights to bid on better-paying, higher-skilled work such as supervisor, millwright or even painter. The steelworkers recount how, after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, they secretly documented instances of discrimination and in 1974 finally won an agreement (or Consent Decree) compelling the company and the union to set hiring and promotion goals for women and minorities. But their hard-won prosperity would be brief. In a few short years the mills began shutting down and hope swung to despair. The film ends with black industrial workers again standing on the outside of the economy, waiting for new remedies to decades of discrimination. "An outstanding job!...Provides a vitally important historical foundation for the current debates about race and affirmative action." - Bruce Nelson, Dartmouth College "Heartbreaking and enlightening...A shameful story full of sound and fury." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Intelligent and informative...The filmmakers cull revealing and often deeply moving commentaries from interviews with more than 70 steelworkers...An effective teaching tool." - Variety
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 min.)
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Label
- Struggles in Steel
- Title
- Struggles in Steel
- Subject
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- Documentary films
- Homestead Strike -- History -- 1892 -- Pennsylvania
- Homestead Strike -- History -- 1892 -- United States | Pennsylvania
- Labor unions -- Strikes and lockouts | African American labor union members -- History -- 20th century -- United States
- Labor unions -- Strikes and lockouts | African American labor union members | History -- 20th century -- United States
- Steel Strike -- History -- 1919-1920 -- United States
- Steel Strike -- History -- 1919-1920 -- United States
- Steel industry and trade -- Iron and steel workers -- History -- 20th century -- United States
- Steel industry and trade -- Iron and steel workers | History -- 20th century -- United States
- African Americans -- Employment | Discrimination in employment -- History -- 20th century -- United States
- African Americans -- Employment | Discrimination in employment | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The current angry debates around affirmative action too often ignore their historical roots: how prior to government intervention African Americans were confined to the most back-breaking, dangerous and low paid work. Struggles in Steel documents the shameful history of discrimination against black workers and one heroic campaign where they won equality on the job. The film is the result of a unique collaboration. Black steelworker Ray Henderson was angered by the lack of coverage of African American workers on the news so he contacted his old high school buddy, noted independent filmmaker Tony Buba, and suggested they collaborate to set the record straight. Together they interviewed more than 70 retired black steelworkers who tell heart-rending tales of struggles with the company, the union and white co-workers to break out of the black job ghetto. With Henderson as guide, they retrace a century of black industrial history - the use of blacks as strikebreakers against the all-white union during the 1892 Homestead Strike, the Great Migration of fieldworkers to the North in World War I, the racial divisions between workers during the Great Steel Strike of 1919 and the ultimate success of the CIO organizing drives of the 1930s. When black vets returned to the mills after WWII, they found they were still locked into the worst jobs with no rights to bid on better-paying, higher-skilled work such as supervisor, millwright or even painter. The steelworkers recount how, after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, they secretly documented instances of discrimination and in 1974 finally won an agreement (or Consent Decree) compelling the company and the union to set hiring and promotion goals for women and minorities. But their hard-won prosperity would be brief. In a few short years the mills began shutting down and hope swung to despair. The film ends with black industrial workers again standing on the outside of the economy, waiting for new remedies to decades of discrimination. "An outstanding job!...Provides a vitally important historical foundation for the current debates about race and affirmative action." - Bruce Nelson, Dartmouth College "Heartbreaking and enlightening...A shameful story full of sound and fury." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Intelligent and informative...The filmmakers cull revealing and often deeply moving commentaries from interviews with more than 70 steelworkers...An effective teaching tool." - Variety
- Cataloging source
- CaSfKAN
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Date time place
- Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1996
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1994-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Buba, Tony
- Henderson, Raymond
- Kanopy (Firm)
- Runtime
- 56
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Homestead Strike
- Steel Strike
- Steel industry and trade
- African Americans
- Labor unions
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Struggles in Steel, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 min.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher number
- 1139753
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
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- kan1139753
- (OCoLC)908378189
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- Struggles in Steel, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 min.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher number
- 1139753
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
-
- kan1139753
- (OCoLC)908378189
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
Subject
- Documentary films
- Homestead Strike -- History -- 1892 -- Pennsylvania
- Homestead Strike -- History -- 1892 -- United States | Pennsylvania
- Labor unions -- Strikes and lockouts | African American labor union members -- History -- 20th century -- United States
- Labor unions -- Strikes and lockouts | African American labor union members | History -- 20th century -- United States
- Steel Strike -- History -- 1919-1920 -- United States
- Steel Strike -- History -- 1919-1920 -- United States
- Steel industry and trade -- Iron and steel workers -- History -- 20th century -- United States
- Steel industry and trade -- Iron and steel workers | History -- 20th century -- United States
- African Americans -- Employment | Discrimination in employment -- History -- 20th century -- United States
- African Americans -- Employment | Discrimination in employment | History -- 20th century
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