print email comment close Through Open Eyes: 95 Years of Roslyn's Black Mining History URL: http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=ellensbu&l=en&w=utf-8 Description: In 1888, the coal mines of Roslyn, Washington state, were shut down when the Knights of Labor went on strike. Refusing to meet the strikers' demands, the mine owners recruited black miners from the South. Between 1888 and 1889 over 300 black miners and their families arrived in Washington state. This exhibit, which includes a searchable photo database, tells the story of the recruits and the community they created in the foothills of the Cascades. Author: Lovell, Charles Publisher: Ellensburg Public Library Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History African Americans -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn Coal mines and mining -- Washington (State) -- History Roslyn (Wash.) -- History LII Database Information: Record 842 created by Margaret Myhre on 11/17/2003 Last modification on 09/17/2009 Published: 11/17/2003   Funding agency: Washington State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/842