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Matewan and the Coal Wars' Racial Labor Divide

Matewan, West Virginia, WV · On map

Matewan and the Coal Wars' Racial Labor Divide
Matewan and the Coal Wars' Racial Labor Divide

West Virginia's coal wars pitted miners—including Black and immigrant workers—against company power; racial division was exploited to break unions even as interracial solidarity periodically emerged.

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