American Echoes
Blair Mountain
A mountain. A people. A fight for dignity.
In the summer of 1921, more than ten thousand coal miners in southern West Virginia stood up to a system that had taken everything from them—their wages, their rights, and too often, their lives.
This is the story of courage and sacrifice, of families caught in the crossfire, and of a legacy that shaped the fight for workers’ rights for generations to come.
NonfictionAmerican history · Labor history
The forgotten war
The largest labor uprising in American history.
What happened on Blair Mountain was not a riot. It was a war between desperate miners and a coal industry determined to break them.
Armed with little more than guns and rifles, the miners faced private armies, hired detectives, and the power of the state in a struggle for justice.
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