Bust of former United Mine Workers (UMWA) president Arnold Miller carved from a block of bituminous coal.
Type of Sculpture
Free Standing
Artwork Details
Medium
Coal
Subject
Arnold Ray Miller (April 25, 1923 – July 12, 1985) was a miner and activist who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1972 to 1979. Miller was active in the movement to secure benefits for coal miners suffering from black lung (pneumoconiosis), and became the Miners For Democracy candidate opposing the sitting, autocratic UMWA president Tony Boyle in 1972. Miller was the first native West Virginian to lead the union.
