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Blair Mountain March Commences

Appalachian Voices’ team will be here with updates all week from the historic march on Blair Mountain. We’ll have a longer piece on the background of the march up this afternoon, as well as a report from the first day.

This video by the phenomenal Jordan Freeman includes some great footage and provides a wonderful historical primer for this week.

The Battle of Blair Mountain from jordan freeman on Vimeo.

The march is already receiving some major media from outlets all across the country. Links below the fold…

Sampling of National Stories on Blair Mountain March— (h/t John Humphrey!)

WV tv news story from Sunday night linked to on following WV tv station websites:
WOWK-TV (Charleston/Huntington, WV)
WVNS-TV (Beckley/Bluefield, WV)
WTRF-TV (Wheeling, WV)
WBOY-TV (Clarksburg/Fairmont/Morgantown, WV)

Other WV Coverage
WV Metro News
Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail
Marietta (WV) Times
The State Journal (Charleston, WV)
Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer / New-Register
WCHS Radio (New River Gorge, WV)

Kentucky
WFLP Radio (Louisville KY)

AP Story by Vicki Smith sent earlier from Albany NY Times-Union reporter also has shown up online in newspapers in WV, Indiana, Connecticut, and Texas:
Charleston WV Daily Mail
Columbia, Indiana, Republic
Franklin, Indiana, Daily Journal
Greenfield, Indiana, Daily Reporter
Westport, CT, News
Stamford, CT, Advocate
Danbury, CT, News-Times
Bridgeport, CT, Post
Greenwich, CT, Time
Beaumont, TX, Enterprise
San Antonio, TX, Express
Washington (DC) Examiner

JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

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