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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: The Meaning of "Redneck" and Its Role in the U.S. Labor Movement
Description: What did you think of this episode?Redneck. Hillbilly. White Trash. These are some of the class-based words used to describe people of Appalachia. But did you know that redneck, in particular, has a very special meaning associated with red bandanas worn in solidarity by striking coal miners? Included is an excerpted interview from 1974 with coal miners Herbert Grills and John Tiller, who talk about the "gun thugs" that terrorized miners, and their decades long battles for the union. Then we'll go back in time to the 1500's when historian Nancy Isenberg, in her book White...