I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody (1970)

Released Documentary · 30 min

 

I Am Somebody (1970)

Released Documentary · 30 min

 

Madeline Anderson’s documentary brings viewers to the front lines of the civil rights movement during the 1969 Charleston hospital workers’ strike, when 400 poorly paid Black women went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves in confrontation with the National Guard and the state government. Anderson personally participated in the strike, along with such notable figures as Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy and... see more

Madeline Anderson’s documentary brings viewers to the front lines of the civil rights movement during the 1969 Charleston hospital workers’ strike, when 400 poorly paid Black women went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves in confrontation with the National Guard and the state government. Anderson personally participated in the strike, along with such notable figures as Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy and... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1970
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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