ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to cast some light upon the Negro in the production of coal is but a segment of the whole story of American Negro Labor. According to the U. S. Coal Commissioner's report there are 672,608 men engaged in coal mining in the anthracite and bituminous coal fields of the United States. Most of the Negroes engaged in coal mining are to be found in West Virginia and Alabama, in both of which states the United Mine Workers has scarcely been able to gain foothold. The organization of miners in West Virginia has been greatly handicapped by the intense race prejudice which exists between the native whites and the foreigners. The history of the Negro in the West Virginia coal fields portrays the Negro miners to be just like workers of other races. Negro miners, like the white, have joined the union and supported it loyally.
