Program for May 7, 2020 

Photo: UK Professor of African American and American History Vanessa Holden

On this week's program:

Segment One: Coal mining in a pandemic. Kentucky coal miners, especially those with Black Lung disease, are urged to take precautions against COVID-19 reporter Sydney Boles with radiologist Norman Crum - LISTEN 

Segment Two: 19th Amendment series: the convergence of abolition and suffrage |  Book chronicles the courage and determination of Appalachian women | Your hair in a pandemic LISTEN 

Interviews/reports listed in order of appearance 

Sydney Boles 

Kathi Kern with Vanessa Holden 

Jessica Wilkerson 

Wendy Barnett