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English - May 06, 2021 20:00 - 24 minutes - 56.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Host Jeff Young talks with historian Chuck Keeney about his new book, "The Road to Blair Mountain," which tells the story of the effort to save the site of a bloody fight in the region's mine wars a century ago. Not only was this chapter in labor history deliberately suppressed, the mountain itself was nearly destroyed by coal mining. And we hear from a retired coal miner who now volunteers his time at a museum dedicated to reviving Appalachia's labor history.