W.Va. News
Reunion planned for WVa textbook protesters
AP
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Veterans of the Kanawha County textbook protests in 1974 that drew national attention to the state and erupted in violence are planning a reunion.
The reunion is scheduled for Aug. 22 at Little Creek Park in South Charleston. According to a reunion Web site, www.KanawhaTexbookWar.com, tentative speakers include Alice Moore, the county school board member who initiated the protest.
In 1974, Moore objected to textbooks she deemed offensive to religious and patriotic sensibilities. The protests escalated until thousands of miners and other workers walked off their jobs in support of removing the textbooks.
Police confronted rock throwing and more serious violence: two elementary schools and the school board offices were bombed. Kanawha County schools were closed, with the superintendent warning of ‘‘mob rule.’’
The reunion is scheduled for Aug. 22 at Little Creek Park in South Charleston. According to a reunion Web site, www.KanawhaTexbookWar.com, tentative speakers include Alice Moore, the county school board member who initiated the protest.
In 1974, Moore objected to textbooks she deemed offensive to religious and patriotic sensibilities. The protests escalated until thousands of miners and other workers walked off their jobs in support of removing the textbooks.
Police confronted rock throwing and more serious violence: two elementary schools and the school board offices were bombed. Kanawha County schools were closed, with the superintendent warning of ‘‘mob rule.’’
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