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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Deglassco ("D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

Said Woodson of Jones:

“He never had much to say except in the case of matters of importance on which he could speak intelligently. He was a well educated man,
but he could neither read nor write. He learned through others who had had opportunities for intellectual development.“

Image: Black coal miners working for the Lorain Coal & Dock Co. in Lorado, West Virginia, in 1918. Source: Library of Congress

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