McDowell County Coalfields

circa. 1930

Reed College of Media Innovation Center at West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States

Coal was a booming industry in McDowell County, West Virginia. The county boasted a population of 150,000, a third which were African American. There were six black high schools in the county, and two historically black colleges in nearby Bluefield and in Charleston.

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Title: McDowell County Coalfields
Date Created: circa. 1930, -0005

Reed College of Media Innovation Center at West Virginia University

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