They were the most successful American pop group of the 1960s—a group whose 12 #1 hits in the first full decade of the rock and roll era places them behind only Elvis and the Beatles in terms of chart dominance. They helped define the very sound of the 60s, but like fellow icons the Beatles […]
Continue ReadingThe United Mine Workers Killings
The bodies of dissident union leader Jock Yablonski, his wife, and daughter are discovered in their Clarksville, Pennsylvania, farmhouse byYablonski’s sonKenneth. The family had been dead for nearly a week, killed on New Year’s Eve bykillers hired by theUnited Mine Workers (UMW) union leadership. Yablonski’s murder eventually brought down the whole union leadership and ended […]
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