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in April 2027

Solidarity Song is a history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, one of the most dramatic interracial struggles for civil rights that this country has known, but also one of the nation’s most obscure. PREORDER

A historical black and white photograph of a large group of diverse people, including children, gathered in front of tents and a wagon, with trees in the background. Overlaid text reads 'SOLIDARITY SONG' in large red letters, and below it is a subtitle about the coal mining wars, Mother Jones, and forgotten history of American labor.

A writer, editor, and public historian exploring the hidden histories of the U.S. and Appalachia

Winner of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Grant and a Whiting Nonfiction Grant

A gorgeously written, meticulously researched account of a critical episode of U.S. labor history, Solidarity Song tells a century-old story of solidarity and the struggle that united Black, white, and immigrant miners against wealthy industrialists...Moore’s characters could have stepped out of a Sherwood Anderson story. Her passion for this moment in history – widely considered the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War – opens up a discussion vital to contemporary American life.
— Whiting Nonfiction Grant Jury
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