Courage in the Hollers

Courage in the Hollers. Mapping the Miners' Struggle for a Union. , For a century, the West Virginia Mine Wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain were kept out of history textbooks for fear of tarnishing the state’s image. But today, these events evoke fascination and pride for many Mountaineers and people across the US. The symbol of the red bandana has assumed new significance as scholars, teachers, and Americans of all backgrounds engage with the history-making fight West Virginia’s coal miners waged for their constitutional rights., Courage in the Hollers is a community-driven project that memorializes this struggle on the soil where it happened. To learn more, visit wvminewars.org/courage, Marmet is located within the traditional homelands of many sovereign Indigenous nations. The Osage (𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷), Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ), Shawnee (Shawandasse Tula), Yuchi (Tsoyaha), Tutelo (Yesan), and Moneton are the original stewards of this place., The Kanawha River knows many people of resistance. We acknowledge the role that colonization plays in the exploitation of home and labor. Indigenous access to this land and its care is disconnected, but not disinherited.