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/

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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