Rednecks: most Americans think of them as low class white trash, usually a heavy drinker and tobacco user. But do you know the story of where the name actually manifested? In the mid 1900’s there was a war in southern West Virginia. It was between union coal workers and un-unionized coal companies. When the union decided to make all coal fields unionized, they tied a red bandana around there necks so they wouldn’t get shot by their own. Then, armed with only hunting rifles and shotguns, they stormed Blair Mountain in an effort to unionize Logan County, West Virginia. And so the term redneck came from union coal miners from of untold war over coal.
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