ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 29, 1990                   TAG: 9005010355
SECTION: THUNDER IN THE COALFIELD                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO  
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#4 PHOTOS BY DON PETERSEN

(Page 5) The Pittston strike was a family affair, something union old-timers couldn't remember happening before. But kids, it seemed, were everywhere during the 11-month strike. In April 1989, students walked out of class at all three Dickenson County high schools to protest the strike and walk-outs soon spread to other schools in the coalfields. Come summer, kids walked the picket lines with their parents and staged rallies, like this one at McClure in June 1989. color. 


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