Struggles in Steel A History of AfricanAmerican Steelworkers (1996)

This documentary focuses on the Civil Rights Movement in the heavily segregated steel industry and its equally segregated union The United Steelworkers of America USWA at the time when this industrydevastated by mismanagement and global competitionbegan to crumble It is a powerful picture of black workingclass life in the latter part of the 20th century told in a combination of interviews and documentary footage Through live testimonials and revelatory archival materials Struggles shows the contributions of African Americans to the steel industry and to the labor movement more generally via cinemaindianaedu