The Battle of Blair Mountain is one of the most stunning episodes in the United States’ violent history of class warfare. In 1921, twenty thousand armed miners in West Virginia marched on the coal bosses and were met with bombs and submachine guns.
Author Archives: Charles B. Keeney
Charles B. Keeney is an assistant professor of history at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College and the author of The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal.