EPISODE · May 28, 2022 · 11 MIN

Good Trouble

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

In 1965 a Kentucky widow managed to drive the coal company from her land with what was called a "sit-in," an early use of peaceful civil disobedience in Appalachia. Today we tell the story of Ollie Combs of Knott County, Kentucky, and her fight to save her farm from strip-mining.Thanks for listening!

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