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Dig This: Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns
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December 7, 2021
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Dec 7, 202110:10Now PlayingEven with a gradual move away from the use of coal, Kentucky was and still is coal country.
Since the late 1800s, men and women have worked in the collieries in Appalachia, making a living, providing for their families and in the 19th and 20th centuries, keeping America's power grid working.
Author of “The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns,” Dr. William Turner, joins BNC's “AMplified with Aisha Mills” to discuss the Black Appalachian experience.
All this and more on “AMplified with Aisha Mills.”
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