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Carol Jackson, Hinton artist who created the Mountain Top Cemetery

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Carol Jackson, Hinton artist who created the Mountain Top Cemetery

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The Mountain Top Cemetery comprises more than a thousand tombstones made of cardboard. Each is inscribed with the name of a stream buried under valley fill. Jackson has also created protest puppets and costumes for King Coal and Mother Jones. She is wearing a t-shirt she designed, featuring the title of a protest song written by Ken Hecherland and George Dougherty, "Almost Level: West Virginia." Depicted on the t-shirt is Arch Mineral Corporation's dragline, "Big John."
Event: Mountaintop Removal Summit.

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Date

01/01/1999
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Jackson, Carol (Depicted)
Hufford, Mary, 1952- (Photographer)
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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