Coal, Class, and Color Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-32

by Joe William Trotter Jr.

How were southern black transformed rural agricultural workers into members of the industrial working class? Joe William Trotter, Jr., examines the unique experience of black coal miners in southern West Virginia between World War l. an the Great Depression, showing how the subtle interplay of race, class, and region altered black people personal and collective existence

Genres: History, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1990

Reviews

[Bill Kerwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

An informative sociological history tracing the development of rural southern blacks into industrial workers. There are good treatments here of race prejudice in the mines and of the emergence of the black professional class.

[Melany Dillon · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good case study of the interaction between natural resources, class, and the African American struggle.