King Coal: Miners' Stories of Lynch, Kentucky
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Hear from retired Kentucky coal miners Rutlyn Melton, Roy Stevens, and Gene Austin as they recount life and work in the coal town of Lynch, Kentucky during the mid-20th Century.
This video is produced as part of the Freedom Stories initiative. While it can stand on its own, it also serves as an extension of the public discussion "Profit & Power: Company Towns and the Exploitation of Appalachia." To access this discussion, and other Freedom Stories resources, please visit www.storytelli....
Freedom Stories is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and with the support of our friends at the National Association of Black Storytellers - NABS, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Appalachian African American Cultural Center, Black/White Dialogue, Black in Appalachia, ETSU Leadership and Civic Engagement, Heritage Alliance, Langston Centre, McKinney Center, Northeast Tennessee Tourism, and Historic Jonesborough.
I grew up in Lynch and I know these men. Great guys! I love the history of this coal camp! Thank you for interviewing them.
I was borned, & raised in Lynch, ky 😊 where people Loved each other as one Family ❤
My dad worked there, Monroe Helton ❤
God bless all coal miners! All of my kin from Panther, West Virginia worked the mines. They told me they loved going into the mine. With out these fearless men and women America would stop running! America was built on coal. Coal is king!
Are there any maps that show the different camps? My mom is from Lynch but has passed. I wish I knew where the different camps were. Which ones are completely gone now?
This might help, www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/abandoned-mines-map-virginia
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Lynch my beloved Mom's birthplace.
Family relocated when Bessemer Steel shutdown. Returning home to Ala. Both parents passed 2yrs apart from TB/black lung. Union Coal Miner Dad was quarantined in a yard tent.