Lung Movement News Today

William Cleaver on the often unofficial strikes of miners in the mid to late 20th century.

Feb 12, 2021 WHEELING — The Ohio County Public Library’s weekly livestream of its popular Lunch With Books program will feature “Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle Over Black Lung Disease” with author Barbara Ellen Smith. The program takes place from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16. This fully updated edition of a classic work from one of the leading scholars of Appalachia documents a community’s struggle against the deadly black lung disease. Employment and produ...