Matewan

EPISODE · Jan 2, 2016 · 14 MIN

Matewan

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

In 1920, UMWA organizing was in full swing, with the union successfully gaining pay raises and better working conditions in mines across the country. In that year, John L. Lewis set his sights on the coal fields of West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia, and the mine owners responded with force. On this episode, […]

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