How One Shutdown Killed an Entire American City in a Single Day: Youngstown, Ohio

In 1977, one Monday morning ended an American steel empire. For nearly a century, the Mahoning Valley made the steel that built modern America — the skyscrapers, the bridges, the warships — and lit its own sky orange doing it. Then, on September 19th, 1977, a single announcement put 5,000 men out of work before the shift was over. They called it Black Monday. This is the story of Youngstown, Ohio: how it rose, why it fell, and what was left when the furnaces finally went cold. #Youngstown #RustBelt #SteelMill