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Salt of the Earth (film)  

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  • Released in 1954, Salt of the Earth is a film about the mostly Mexican American miners of the Empire Zinc Company in New Mexico who struck from 1950 to 1952. The film was directed by Herbert Biberman, one of the so-called Hollywood Ten. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Salt of the Earth]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W20CP6RX-1

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