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Celebrating A Tradition Of Poets And Discussing The Resurgence Of Black Lung, Inside Appalachia
Season 21
Published 2 years, 8 months ago
Description
Rev. George Mills Dickerson of Tazewell, Virginia was born in the years after slavery ended. He’s remembered today through his poetry.
And a new wave of black lung disease is ravaging Appalachia. We’ll hear more from a black lung town hall in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Coal miners have their own thoughts about black lung, too.
