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MP 32.5 Fork Ridge Massacre

FILES

MP 32.5 Fork Ridge Massacre.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

MP 32.5 Fork Ridge Massacre

Description

Bullet holes seen from the interior of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.

Publisher

Roanoke Public Libraries

Date

1941

Rights

Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

Format

photograph

Type

Still Image

Identifier

MP32.5

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

“MP 32.5 Fork Ridge Massacre,” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed April 30, 2025, http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/MP32.5.