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#places #hungergames #appalachia
In the fictional world of Panem, a girl from a gentrified coal-mining mountain town learned to survive through grit, self-sufficience, and more than a little rebelliousness. The girl on fire lit the spark that burned away the foundation of her dystopian civilization and inspired a generation in our world to challenge the structure of their own society. While Katniss Everdeen and her Mockingjay pin are now immortalized in pop culture and have even unironically become a symbol of resistance, few people know the real-life inspiration.
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historytoday.com/miscellanies/how-northern-england-made-southern-united-states
http://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2211&context=etsu-works
wbir.com/article/news/local/black-history/historians-musicians-work-to-preserve-african-influence-on-southern-appalachian-music/51-63a7801e-1f7b-4f0b-af0d-d425787aeb1f
dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/2015/10/19/yodeling-kept-alive-by-few/23973191007
https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/c44bee80-715b-4c28-b879-ebac9c1b1a41/content
https://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/grasses-and-grasslikes/kentucky-bluegrass
themarysue.com/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-has-a-surprising-musical-inspiration
arts.gov/honors/heritage/nimrod-workman
birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/sixteen-tons-merle-travis-tennessee-ernie-ford-beyond
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4654&context=doctoral
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/minewars-race
sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/disasters/fraterville.htm
wvpublic.org/december-6-1907-the-monongah-mine-explodes-in-marion-county
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/minewars-coalcamps
https://energyhistory.yale.edu/coal-mining-and-labor-conflict/
theroanoker.com/interests/history/coalmining-war
wvencyclopedia.org/articles/707#:~:text=As%20the%20darkened%20train%20approached,%2C%20Cesco%20Estep%2C%20was%20killed.
newspapers.com/article/beckley-post-herald-francis-francisco-c/1409398
motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/mother-jones-west-virginia-coal-wars-john-kern-congress
nps.gov/articles/000/paint-creek-and-cabin-creek-strikes.htm
billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/wilsonian-progressivism
dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/wilson
nps.gov/articles/000/matewan-massacre.htm
wvencyclopedia.org/articles/282
saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/09/buried-history-west-virginias-coal-wars
smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-matewan-massacre-was-epicenter-20th-century-mine-wars-180963026
expatalachians.com/biplanes-over-blair-calling-in-the-air-force-for-the-mine-wars
parallelnarratives.com/remembering-bloody-harlan
kentuckymonthly.com/culture/history/the-price-of-coal_1
loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/franklin-delano-roosevelt-and-the-new-deal
qz.com/1167671/the-100-year-capitalist-experiment-that-keeps-appalachia-poor-sick-and-stuck-on-coal
arc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Health_Disparities_in_Appalachia_Health_Care_Systems_Domain.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8461577/#:~:text=Central%20Appalachians%20are%20additionally%20disproportionately,US%2C%20respectively%20%5B10%5D.
nytimes.com/2021/09/06/us/coal-miners-blair-mountain.html
#places #hungergames #appalachia
In the fictional world of Panem, a girl from a gentrified coal-mining mountain town learned to survive through grit, self-sufficience, and more than a little rebelliousness. The girl on fire lit the spark that burned away the foundation of her dystopian civilization and inspired a generation in our world to challenge the structure of their own society. While Katniss Everdeen and her Mockingjay pin are now immortalized in pop culture and have even unironically become a symbol of resistance, few people know the real-life inspiration.
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Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:
Biographics: youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
TopTenz: youtube.com/user/toptenznet
Eric's Links:
Free Cosmic Horror Ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb
Storyrant: youtube.com/@storyrant
OEI Analog Horror Experiment: youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint
Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39
Subscriptions available here: patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine
Check out Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: youtube.com @FactFiend
Wiki Weekends: youtube.com @wikiweekends
Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com @untitledsidechannel
Twitter: twitter.com/KarlSmallwood
Further Reading:
historytoday.com/miscellanies/how-northern-england-made-southern-united-states
http://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2211&context=etsu-works
wbir.com/article/news/local/black-history/historians-musicians-work-to-preserve-african-influence-on-southern-appalachian-music/51-63a7801e-1f7b-4f0b-af0d-d425787aeb1f
dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/2015/10/19/yodeling-kept-alive-by-few/23973191007
https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/c44bee80-715b-4c28-b879-ebac9c1b1a41/content
https://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/grasses-and-grasslikes/kentucky-bluegrass
themarysue.com/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-has-a-surprising-musical-inspiration
arts.gov/honors/heritage/nimrod-workman
birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/sixteen-tons-merle-travis-tennessee-ernie-ford-beyond
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4654&context=doctoral
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/minewars-race
sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/disasters/fraterville.htm
wvpublic.org/december-6-1907-the-monongah-mine-explodes-in-marion-county
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/minewars-coalcamps
https://energyhistory.yale.edu/coal-mining-and-labor-conflict/
theroanoker.com/interests/history/coalmining-war
wvencyclopedia.org/articles/707#:~:text=As%20the%20darkened%20train%20approached,%2C%20Cesco%20Estep%2C%20was%20killed.
newspapers.com/article/beckley-post-herald-francis-francisco-c/1409398
motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/mother-jones-west-virginia-coal-wars-john-kern-congress
nps.gov/articles/000/paint-creek-and-cabin-creek-strikes.htm
billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/wilsonian-progressivism
dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/wilson
nps.gov/articles/000/matewan-massacre.htm
wvencyclopedia.org/articles/282
saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/09/buried-history-west-virginias-coal-wars
smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-matewan-massacre-was-epicenter-20th-century-mine-wars-180963026
expatalachians.com/biplanes-over-blair-calling-in-the-air-force-for-the-mine-wars
parallelnarratives.com/remembering-bloody-harlan
kentuckymonthly.com/culture/history/the-price-of-coal_1
loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/franklin-delano-roosevelt-and-the-new-deal
qz.com/1167671/the-100-year-capitalist-experiment-that-keeps-appalachia-poor-sick-and-stuck-on-coal
arc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Health_Disparities_in_Appalachia_Health_Care_Systems_Domain.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8461577/#:~:text=Central%20Appalachians%20are%20additionally%20disproportionately,US%2C%20respectively%20%5B10%5D.
nytimes.com/2021/09/06/us/coal-miners-blair-mountain.html
