(Ep 7) The Mine Wars 1919-1921: The Race & Labor Rabbit Hole Part 3

Rednecks Rising

In the 7th episode, we finally touch on The Battle of Blair Mountain that I set out to cover in episode 3, but not without first covering the events leading up to the Battle from 1919-1921. This episode is definitely not an in-depth summary of the Mine Wars, but touches on the events including: The Battle of the Tug, the Matewan Massacre, the assassination of Sid Hatfield, the March on Logan County, and the "grand finale"... the Battle of Blair.
Support the show at: linktr.ee/rednecksrising
Sources for this episode:
1. Bailey, Kenneth R. "Battle of Blair Mountain." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 02 September 2021. Web. 13 July 2022.
2. Boissoneault, L. (2017, April 25). The Coal Mining Massacre America Forgot. *Smithsonian Magazine*.
3. Corbin, David A. "The Miners’ March." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 24 August 2020. Web. 13 July 2022.
4. Corbin, David A. "The Mine Wars." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 13 July 2020. Web. 13 July 2022.
5. Hood, A. L. (2020, November 26). The Battle of Blair Mountain Was the Largest Labor Uprising in U.S. History. Teen Vogue.
6. Nida B, Adkins MJ. The social and environmental upheaval of Blair Mountain: a working class struggle for unionisation and historic preservation. In: Smith L, Shackel PA, Campbell G, eds. Heritage, Labour, and the Working Classes. Key Issues in Cultural Heritage. New York, NY: Routledge; 2011:52-68.
7. Savage, Lon (1990). Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press
8. Shogan, Robert (2004). The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Union Uprising (https://books.google.com/books?id=XyTuG5fO5E4C). Boulder, CO: Westview Press
9. West Virginia Archives & History, West Virginia's Mine Wars (n.d.). West Virginia State Archives. Retrieved July 13, 2022, from (https://archive.wvculture.org/history/archives/minewars.html).