In the 1890s, the two-party system in Alabama nearly cracked open. A brutal economic depression and a rising wave of labor agitation and agrarian unrest helped create a viable new party: The People's Party. Learn how the Populists nearly took power in Alabama, why they failed, and what their legacy means for the modern South. To support the striking UMWA miners of Warrior Met Coal, visit https://umwa.org/news-media/news/support-umwa-miners-on-strike-at-warrior-met/
SOURCES:
Populism to Progressivism by Sheldon Hackney
http://uapress.ua.edu/product/978-0-8173-8532-3-Populism-to-Progressivism-In-Alabama,4881.aspx?skuid=2200
Birmingham Coal District Strike of 1908 by Encyclopedia of Alabama
http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/Article/h-1478
Arsenal for Democracy - American Money: Part IV The Cross of Gold
http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/2021/10/04/american-money-part-iv-the-cross-of-gold-arsenal-for-democracy-ep-398/
Subtreasury Plan by James L. Hunt, NCpedia
https://www.ncpedia.org/subtreasury-plan
Ambushed in Eufaula: Alabama's forgotten race massacre by Kyle Whitmire
https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/ambushed-in-eufaula-alabamas-forgotten-race-massacre.html
