Kentucky’s Bell County, 1946

The Jones family has lived in this coal settlement “off and on” for their whole lives. The miner, his wife, and their five children pay $9 a month for their four-room home. According to their statement, the corporation “hasn’t ever done anything to the houses and gets mad if you ask them”. Bell County, Kentucky’s Four Mile, Belva Mine, Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company…

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