[Prologue High School: Coal Mining Mural 2]
Interviews and musical performances celebrating Appalachian culture in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood alongside the unveiling of a student-painted mural depicting coal miners.
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[Prologue High School: Coal Mining Mural 1]
An interview with Marion Kline, a former coal miner who moved to Chicago after retirement, conducted at an event celebrating Appalachian culture in Uptown and the unveiling of a mural based on Kline’s experiences.
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[Prologue High School: Coal Mining Mural 3]
Interviews with high school students at Prologue High School who painted a mural depicting the struggles of coal miners, as well as with former coal miners who have relocated to Chicago.
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[Newcomb residents at the capitol]
Residents of rural Tennessee share stories of the damage caused by strip mining to their homes and their communities with governor Ray Blanton in an office of the state capital in Nashville. Likely recorded on April 8, 1975 during a rally for the “Save Our Cumberland Mountains” campaign.
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Question of the Week: Strip-Mining in Tennesee
An episode of panel talk show ‘Question of the Week’ in which residents of rural Tennessee discuss the effects of strip mining by the AMAX Coal Company on their community.
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[Save Our Cumberland Mountains Rally, Nashville 1]
An anti-strip mining rally in Nashville organized by SOCM, Save Our Cumberland Mountains, on April 8, 1975.
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[Strip Mining interviews]
Interviews with inhabitants of a rural mountain about the devastation caused by strip mining to their land and to their community.
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