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Descendants of slaves hold out against coal mining in Texas town

2013-09-02 14:36:37| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community - nearly all descendants of slaves. The children would grab cornbread, greens and cookies from her kitchen while their parents grew vegetables in a tiny creekside village hidden among pine forests. "It's been so long," she muses, gazing at old photos that dot the walls of her nursing home room some 30 miles from Dirgin. Now, just weeks from her 102nd birthday, Finley faces the prospect of losing the...

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