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Introduction
The Greater Appalachia is the region that extends from southern New York to Northern Alabama. It is a historically rich region famous for its natural resources and specifically coal.
1886: Asheville gets on track!
By Hala AlMughanni
Asheville, a city that lies within the Blue Ridge mountains. A city that had turned into a hub that attracts tourists, wealthy businessmen and miners from all over the country after the introduction of railroads to the mountain city. Being a crossroad for agriculture before, it has become a city of art and leisure now, transforming with all the money and affluence that came with different aspects colliding together.
1921: Battle of Blair Mountain
By Yomna Sultan
The Batte of Blair Mountain highlights an essential labor worker movement that left its mark on American history. It represents the oppression of coal mine workers and how their human rights were violated. The industry only cared about profit, not the wellbeing of their labor workers and the dangerous working conditions. This led the workers to strike. They had the most significant labor uprising in US history in Logan County in 1921, known today as the Battle of Blair Mountain.
1964-1965: War on Poverty
By Aman Kamal
The war on poverty began when President Lydon B. Johnson realized there was corruption occuring and that people could not speak up fearing punishment from higher powers. This resulted in President Johnson to take initiative and implemented four important pieces of legislation which played a huge role in aiding the less fortunate and caused poverty rates to drop to their lowest level since 1958.
1970s-Present: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
By Abdulla Babikr
Mountain top removal was introduced during the 1970s and played a huge role in transforming the coal mining industry as it produced a cost-effective method coal mining. This process had many other side effects though that affected the Appalachian population and lead to various environmental issues.