num_pages: 320
description: 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
language: English
title: Coal, Class, and Color Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-32
titlecomplete: Coal, Class, and Color Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-32 (Blacks in the New World)
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 19
publisher: University of Illinois Press