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Updated: 9:51 PM Jul 9, 2009
Reunion Planned for W.Va. Textbook Protesters
Veterans of the Kanawha County textbook protests in 1974 that drew national attention to the state and erupted in violence are planning a reunion. WEB EXTRA: Watch the WSAZ archive story about the textbook protest 35 years ago.
Posted: 3:41 PM Jul 9, 2009Reporter: The Associated Press, Anna Baxter Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com |
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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Veterans of the Kanawha County textbook protests in 1974 that drew national attention to the state and erupted in violence are planning a reunion.
The reunion is scheduled for Aug. 22 at Little Creek Park in South Charleston.
According to a reunion Web site, www.KanawhaTexbookWar.com, tentative speakers include Alice Moore, the county school board member who initiated the protest.
In 1974, Moore objected to textbooks she deemed offensive to religious and patriotic sensibilities. The protests escalated until thousands of miners and other workers walked off their jobs in support of removing the textbooks.
Police confronted rock throwing and more serious violence: two elementary schools and the school board offices were bombed. Kanawha County schools were closed, with the superintendent warning of "mob rule."
WEB EXTRA: Watch an archive story about the textbook protest. Click on the video link above.
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Posted by: c
on Jul 10, 2009 at 09:01 AM
I remember the protesters. They caused lots of miners a lot of lost work. They were always picketing the mines up cabin creek. I hope they all go to hell.
Posted by: Anonymous
on Jul 10, 2009 at 08:20 AM
All of you are idiots.
Posted by: RoaneCo.
on Jul 10, 2009 at 01:03 AM
And what is their itierary for honoring this great event? A morning prayer followed by a pipe bombing, with an afternoon of scripture reading and beating of thy neighbor leading up to the grand finale of religious hymns and a book burning? I guess nothing spreads the word of God better than a case of dynamite and a few rifles. And we wonder why this State is fodder for so many joke writers.
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