Degree Year
2020
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Advisor(s)
Renee Christine Romano
Committee Member(s)
Tamika Nunley, Co-Chair
Ellen Wurtzel, Co-Chair
Keywords
Coal mining, United Mine Workers of America, Pittsburgh Coal Company, Black coal miners, Whiteness, Race relations, 1920s, Agency, Resistance, Violence
Abstract
This Honors Thesis in History explores U.S. race relations and racial politics through the lens of a coal mining strike that took place during the late 1920s, in the Pittsburgh area.
Repository Citation
Kirshner, Eli Martin, "Race, Mines and Picket Lines: The 1925-1928 Western Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Strike" (2020). Honors Papers. 698.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/698
