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1920
Matewan and the Coal Wars' Racial Labor Divide
1920

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 …
1920
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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.

Matewan, West Virginia, WV
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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.