Jim Lewis, Charleston Priest And Activist, Dies At 90
A longtime Charleston priest, activist and central figure in one of West Virginia’s most turbulent cultural conflicts has died. The Rev. Jim Lewis was 90.
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6 New Monuments To Commemorate March To Blair Mountain
Six new sites along a 50-mile route between Charleston and Matewan, West Virginia will commemorate the 1921 Miners' March to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Graphic Novel Illustrates The West Virginia Mine Wars
The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop them. Strikes and violent clashes ensued, culminating in the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. A version of the story is told in the new graphic novel “Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars.” Mason Adams spoke with its author, Raymond Tyler.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Mine Wars Graphic Novel, Storytelling And W.Va. Life, Inside Appalachia
This week on Inside Appalachia, we speak with the author of a new graphic novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars. Also, professional storyteller James Froemel invents quirky characters, like a sign maker who can't spell. And, one of the most common animals to get hit by cars are possums. But, there’s a kind of animal rescue called pouch picking. We talk with author Laura Jackson.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBook Brings W.Va. Mine Wars History To Young Readers
The West Virginia mine wars played an important part in U.S. history, but for decades were often left out of history classes. A new book aims to change that. It’s titled ...
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The Mine Wars Come Alive For Young Readers And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, a young adult author hopes to bring the story of the struggle to unionize coal mines to today’s young readers, and our Song of the Week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News‘I Think It Spoke To Him’: Why James Earl Jones Sought Role In ‘Matewan’
Curtis Tate spoke to David Wohl, who at the time was an acting teacher at West Virginia State and asked Jones to come speak to his students.
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