Today in Labor History December 6, 1907: A coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia, killed 362 workers. It was the worst mining disaster in U.S. history. 171 of them Italian migrants. Others killed in the disaster included Russians, Greeks, and immigrant workers from Austria-Hungary. 216 women were widowed, and the miners left behind 475 children, with a further 31 born after the disaster.

#coalmining #disaster #workingclass #labor #Widows #orphans #westvirginia

I watched #Causeway last night (on 🍎 TV+) and this is now (even more of) a Brian Tyree Henry appreciation account. Already enjoyed him from #Atlanta, yes even #Eternals (he was one of the high points of that movie), #Widows (YIKES), #IfBealeStreetCouldTalk (I need to see that movie again - it was sooooo beautiful and soooooo awfully hard to watch). J-Law was good too, but Brian Tyree Henry, damn. #film #movies

« #Widows » passe définitivement le test de #Bechdel.