Remembering the avoidable tunnel disaster in the U.S. that killed hundreds of Black workers

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Remembering the avoidable tunnel disaster in the U.S. that killed hundreds of Black workers

It's been called the worst industrial disaster in American history, and it occurred during the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, in the 1930s. Hundreds of miners, mostly African-American men, died from silicosis, caused by exposure to silica dust in the tunnel. The miners were drilling through miles of rock...

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