About the author:
B. L. Dotson-Lewis
My family is from Buchanan County, Virginia. Their parents came to
Virginia as early settlers from North Carolina and Tennessee.
We moved to Summersville, West Virginia when I was small so I attended public
schools in West Virginia. I graduated from
Nicholas County High School in Summersville, West Virginia and attended Berea
College, Berea, Kentucky. I graduated
from Glenville State College. Employment - Nicholas County Board of
Education.
This project has brought me wonderful opportunities in my quest to give the
Appalachian Mountain People a voice.
I participated in the International Mining Congress as Historian in Akabira,
Japan in 2003
History Channel, Hollywood, California interviewed for Mine Wars documentary in
2005
Appalachian Studies Association combined presentation with Penny Loeb