173. The Road to Blair Mountain - Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal

<p>Dr. Charles Keeney is the  author of <a href='https://wvupressonline.com/node/850#:~:text=The%20Road%20to%20Blair%20Mountain%20is%20the%20moving%252'>The Road to Blair Mountain Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal</a>, which was published in January 2021 of West Virginia University Press and he is founding member of the <a href='https://wvminewars.org/'>West Virginia Mine Wars Museum</a>.</p> <p>We center the conversation around Dr. Keeney’s book and the <a href='https://www.blair100.com/'>Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial Commemoration</a> over Labor Day Weekend 2021.</p> <p>In this conversation, we discuss:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Dr. Keeney’s family history steeped in labor struggles going back to his great grandfather <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Keeney'>Frank Keeney</a>;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What was the Battle of Blair Mountain and why it is relevant;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">His book The Road to Blair Mountain Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Politics in West Virginia; and</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The role of teaching labor history as central to human progress.</li> </ul> <p>Follow the relevant links to Dr. Keeney’s work and labor struggles in West Virginia:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Keeney’s book - <a href='https://wvupressonline.com/node/850#:~:text=The%20Road%20to%20Blair%20Mountain%20is%20the%20moving%252'>The Road to Blair Mountain Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">West Virginia Mine Wars Museum - <a href='https://wvminewars.org/'>https://wvminewars.org/</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/cbelmontkeeney'>https://twitter.com/cbelmontkeeney</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Frank Keeney - <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Keeney'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Keeney</