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Dan Gibson

AKA: Uncle Dan Gibson
Era:1960s
State:Kentucky
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Biography

Dan Gibson was a Baptist preacher who resisted strip mining at Clear Creek in Knott County, Kentucky, in 1965. Alessandro Portelli’s oral history reports that he was arrested and held in the Hindman jail until neighbors mobilized for his release.

Dan Gibson was a Baptist preacher who resisted strip mining at Clear Creek in Knott County, Kentucky, in 1965. Alessandro Portelli’s oral history reports that he was arrested and held in the Hindman jail until neighbors mobilized for his release.

Original source, PDF pages 312.

Case

Charges: Unspecified charges following resistance to strip mining at Clear Creek, Knott County, in 1965