Baltimore History Evening
January 16, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Nicole Fabricant, professor of anthropology at Towson University, and author of Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore, presents “Who has Coal Fever? The Invisible Violence of the Coal Supply Chain from Extraction to Export, 1970s & 1980s”,
The Port of Baltimore has long been a major exporter of coal, linking the mines of West Virginia to nations across Europe. As the city built its coal export infrastructure in South Baltimore, environmental degradation followed. How did this impact the residents, and how did they fight back?
Join us in person on the third Thursday of the month from January through June for
free talks on Baltimore history!
A streaming option will be available for those who cannot attend in person. For more info, visit baltimorecityhistoricalsociety.org/. Also, look for “Baltimore City Historical Society” on Facebook.