Pike County Black Lung Association
date: label: date made
content: c. 1981
label: used
content: 1981
name: label: affiliated union
content: United Mine Workers of America
notes: label: Description
content: A poster used in an 1981 Miner's protest. In the early 1980s, Pike County, Kentucky was the 2nd largest coal producing county in the United States. Black Lung is a lung disease that is caused by long term exposure to coal dust. In 1969, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act established standards to reduce dust.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pike
topic: label: general subject association
content: History, Reform Movements, Economic Protest
label: general subject association
content: Miners
label: general subject association
content: Labor Unions
label: general subject association
content: labor issues
label: general subject association
content: Protest and Civil Disobedience
label: general subject association
content: Demonstrations
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Smithsonian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0244.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0244
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0244.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 28 in; 55.88 cm x 71.12 cm