The Virden / Mt. Olive Monuments: Honoring Coal Miner History

This new documentary covers the Oct. 28th, 2006 unveiling of the impressive new monument commemorating the Virden massacre in 1898 in Southern Illinois, with interviews, coal miner memorabilia, a fire-breathing speech by UMWA President Cecil Roberts, plus the ceremony at the Mother Jones monument only a few miles away in Mt. Olive, Illinois. Produced by Gary Brooks for Labor Beat.

Cablecast Information
Chicago Cable TV Channel 19
Thurs., Dec. 28, 9:30 pm
Friday, Dec. 29, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Jan. 4, 9:30 pm
Friday, Jan. 5, 4:30 pm

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