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West Virginia's Coal Miners And Their Battle For Freedom

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published March 12, 2015 at 11:50 AM EDT

James Green is a celebrated labor historian and author of the book Death in the Haymarket. His new book is The Devil is Here in These Hills, a chronicle of West Virginia’s coal miners and their fight for unionization and civil rights. The book is particularly relevant today as the arduous battle for the rights of West Virginia miners rages on. 
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