Which Side Are You On? (Paperback)

from Sullywriter

Great story about Florence Reece, the wife of a coal miner, who wrote the classic union song in the midst of the bloody confrontation between company's hired guns and miners trying to organize in Harlan County, Kentucky.

from 1derlys

Coal miners struggle for a union and get shot at by the company for trying to unionize. How frightening it can be to stand up for what's right and fair. The family is under the gun, literally being shot at in their home when the "Ma" writes a song about the sides that people are on. Thugs or the ...

from ashoemak

Miners went on strike for Union rights in Kentucky in 1931. This story describes how the Reese family faced hardship and bullets in their fight for a Union. Ma Reese wrote a song which later became a famous Union chat. This beautifully illustrated book would be a great way to introduce the topic ...

from SeriousGrace

I first heard the protest song Which Side Are You On? from singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant back in 2000 when she toured the U.S. singing folk songs. Her tour was unique given the fact she wasn't supporting an album (that came later), the songs were all but forgotten British and American folk t...

from Sullywriter

Great story about Florence Reece, the wife of a coal miner, who wrote the classic union song in the midst of the bloody confrontation between company's hired guns and miners trying to organize in Harlan County, Kentucky.