Mari-Lynn Evans tells her gripping story about a multi-generational battle to prevent wanton destruction of land and secure basic human rights for coal miners.<\/p>\n
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In the summer of 1921, the largest post-Civil War labor uprising in American history occurred when over 10,000 West Virginia coal miners squared off with mine operators in a mass protest that later became known as the Battle of Blair Mountain. After much violence and bloodshed, the coal miners eventually won a hard-fought battle for collective bargaining rights and vastly improved working conditions and terms. Ninety years later, in June 2011, over 300 people joined forces in a 5-day march on Blair Mountain to protest the planned mining of coal from that same area.<\/p>\n
Written and directed by Phylis Geller and produced by Mari-Lynn Evans, the award-winning film documentary called “Coal Country” exposes the shocking devastation and pollution of forests, streams, and communites in Appalachia caused by mountaintop-removal coal mining.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Battle to Save Blair Mountain<\/a>
\nOpEd by Mari-Lynn Evans posted in Coal News on May 5, 2011
\nAbout Coal Country<\/a>
\nCoal Country – The Movie<\/a>
\nCoal Country: A Stunning Documentary All Communities Should See<\/a> – The Sierra Club
\nBlair Mountain: Protesters March to Save Historic Battlefield<\/a>
\nThe Huffington Post, June 10, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"