They'll Cut Off Your Project: A Mingo County Chronicle (WEST VIRGINIA & APPALACHIA) by Huey Perry

by Huey Perry

Hardcover

About the author

Huey Perry, a native of Mingo County, WV, and the son of coal miner, was named Director, Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project at the age of twenty-nine. Later, he became the director of the Low-Income Housing Project for Tech Foundation of West Virginia Institute of Technology. He holds a BA from Berea College, KY, and an MA in Political Science from Marshall University, WV, and is an author, entrepreneur, teacher, student, volunteer, chairman, business owner, and farmer.

Reviews

[Catherine Gooding · Rating 5 out of 5]

An engaging and insightful account of the War on Povery in one of the poorest counties in the nation. This story adds depth to the question "why did West Virginia turn red?" Not just because the national Democratic Party abandoned us, or the death of the labor unions, but also because the Democratic Party was for generations the entrenched power that benefited from perpetuating deep poverty in the state. An essential read to understand generational poverty in Appalachia.