{"product_id":"richard-l-davis-and-the-frans-h-doppen-9781476667393","title":"Richard L. Davis and the Color Line in Ohio Coal: A Hocking Valley Mine Labor Organizer, 1862-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e Born in Roanoke County, Virginia, on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation, Richard L. Davis was an early mine labor organizer in Rendville, Ohio. One year after the 1884 Great Hocking Valley Coal Strike, which lasted nine months, Davis wrote the first of many letters to the \u003ci\u003eNational Labor Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eUnited Mine Workers Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. One of two African Americans at the founding convention of United Mine Workers of America in 1890, he served as a member of the National Executive Board in 1886-97. Davis called upon white and black miners to unite against wage slavery. This biography provides a detailed portrait of one of America's more influential labor organizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frans H. Doppen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147666739X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476667393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 4.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Frans H. Doppen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50663694139647,"sku":"9781476667393","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/richard-l-davis-and-the-frans-h-doppen-9781476667393","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}