The inheritance

1964

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

With a sweeping look at the 20th century, this film uses still photographs and song to trace the long, bitter struggle of American workers against economic exploitation. Following the theme that "freedom is a hard-won thing and every generation's got to win it again," the film ends with scenes from the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, a new chapter in the struggle for liberty and justice. Features singers Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Barry Kornfield, Millard Lampell (also folk music advisor and wrote lyrics to "Pass it On"), Carla Rotolo, and John R. Winn. Animation by Martel Photography, Inc.

Ryan, Robert; Lampel, Millard; Meyer, Harold; Silk, Lawrence; Kleinsinger, George; Seeger, Pete; Collins, Judy

Harold Meyer Productions

Working class; Labor; Civil rights; Labor economics

Washington; D.C.

Labor

Special Collections and University Archives

English

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film reels; VHS

2014-001-RG97-003
0904 F6
AR1985-0195
0905 F12s
AR2003-0030
This material was digitized as part of the "Advancing Workers Rights in the American South: Digitizing the Records of the AFL-CIO’s Civil Rights Division" project, supported by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation.

Filename: labor-086912; Catalog Key: 31430059608580; Catalog Key: 31430059608697; Catalog Key: 31430059608705