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![["Governor Arch A. Moore signing the Black Lung bill (House Bill No. 1040) that ended a three-week strike by 42,000 coal miners. This was the first legislation in the country recognizing black lung as a compensable occupation disease."]](/thumb/am2862_moore_1115 "Photograph of Governor Moore signing the Black Lung bill")
- Identifier:
- am2862_moore_1115
- Title:
- Photograph of Governor Moore signing the Black Lung bill
- Date:
- 1972-03-11
- Creator:
- AP Wire Photo
- Publisher:
- West Virginia & Regional History Center
- Subject Personal:
- Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015
- Subject Topical:
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia, Legislation, Coal miners, Governors--West Virginia , Signing statements (Legislation), Lungs--Dust diseases, Black Lung Strikes, West Virginia, 1969, Coal miners--West Virginia, Strikes and lockouts--Law and legislation
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
