Who has Coal Fever?
The Invisible Violence of the Coal Supply Chain from Extraction to Export, 1970s & 1980s
Presented by Nicole Fabricant
The Port of Baltimore has long been a major exporter of coal, linking the mines of West Virginia to nations across Europe. As the city built its coal export infrastructure in South Baltimore, environmental degradation followed. How did this impact the residents, and how did they fight back?
Nicole Fabricant, professor of anthropology at Towson University, is author of Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore.
