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Folder 5

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Attendees at the Miners for Democracy Convention, Wheeling, WV, 1972 May 27–1972 May 29

 Item — Folder: 5, Item: 11
Dates: 1972 May 27–1972 May 29
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Phil Primack, Photographer, Photographs of the Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster and Other Material / Miners for Democracy convention, Wheeling, WV [1 of 2]

Unidentified at the Miners for Democracy Convention, Wheeling, WV, 1972 May 27–1972 May 29

 Item — Folder: 5, Item: 12
Dates: 1972 May 27–1972 May 29
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Phil Primack, Photographer, Photographs of the Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster and Other Material / Miners for Democracy convention, Wheeling, WV [1 of 2]

Photo of murdered UMW reformer Joseph “Jock” Yablonski, which was below speakers (quote is from Yablonski) at the Miners for Democracy Convention, Wheeling, WV, 1972 May 27–1972 May 29

 Item — Folder: 5, Item: 13
Dates: 1972 May 27–1972 May 29
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Phil Primack, Photographer, Photographs of the Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster and Other Material / Miners for Democracy convention, Wheeling, WV [1 of 2]

Miners for Democracy convention, Wheeling, WV [1 of 2], 1972 May 27–1972 May 29

 File — Folder: 5
Scope and Contents This folder includes photos taken during the Miners for Democracy (MFD) convention in Wheeling, WV. MFD was a reform caucus in the United Mine Workers of America that formed after the killings of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski (a UMWA presidential candidate at the time of his death), his wife, and his daughter on 1969/12/31. The convention was held to select a candidate for president of the UMWA after the results of the previous election were thrown out by a Judge of the United States District...
Dates: 1972 May 27–1972 May 29
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Phil Primack, Photographer, Photographs of the Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster and Other Material