The Bloody Fight
The West Virginia teachers drew strength from their state’s long history of militant organizing, which began with the Mine Wars of the early twentieth century.
Lou Martin is a founder and board member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and an associate professor of history at Chatham University. He is the author of Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia.
The West Virginia teachers drew strength from their state’s long history of militant organizing, which began with the Mine Wars of the early twentieth century.