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Meeting the appalachian white south in this place, right here. a very unique town. this town was owned by the largest company in the united states, at the time. united states steel. the money was in coal, and our parents were part of that labor movement. >> in the 1920s and taken back 30s, the coal industry in central appalachia employed 150,000 people. despite how it is portrayed, 1 in 5 coal miners were black. lynch had a population of over 10,000 people. in 2019, 533. there are still folks here to tell their story. >> i worked in a coal mine for 13 years. my dad did not work in the mines, b...