Essays by the foremost labor historian of the Black experience in the Appalachian coalfields. This collection brings together nearly three decades of research o

From the early day of mining in colonial Virginia and Maryland up to the time of World War II, blacks were an important part of the labor force in the coal indu

African Americans from Pittsburgh have a long and distinctive history of contributions to the cultural, political, and social evolution of the United States. Fr

Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal camps are in f