arrow_back
menu
Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913
Documentary • History
2013 NR
55 minutes
An epic labor strike that devastated Michigan's Copper Country in 1913 haunts the American labor movement to this day. Among the notable elements of that strike was the death of 73 children at a union Christmas party, a tragedy immortalized by Woody Guthrie in his ballad "1913 Massacre." The event remains the deadliest unsolved manslaughter in U.S. history.
More informationexpand_more
Show crew keyboard_double_arrow_down