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Dollar Fo' Dollar

8 images Created 25 Sep 2016

Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892. St. Thomas, USVI. 24 September 2016. © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • Keibo Brown demonstrates a courtship dance with Allegra Christopher of  Macislyn Dance Company during the tour's walk through Savan.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • Marie Paul embodies Queen Coziah who led the coal workers to a successful strike demanding better pay for their work.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • (L-R) Marcella Grace, Marie Paul, and Kathleen Pascal perform reenactments of the coal workers strike, demanding dollar for dollar Danish silver a day.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • The Ulla Muller Bamboula Dancers & Drummers perform for the audience at Market Square, the site of the largest crowd and police presence during the Coal Workers Strike.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • The Echo People perform songs and rhythms that reflect music that coal workers would have sung to help them get through their laborious and dirty work.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • Nadine Marchena Kean educates tour participants on the many neighborhoods of Savan and the coal workers that lived there.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • The tour winds its way through Kronsprindsens Gade where rail tracks used to transport cargo can still be seen.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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  • Tanama Colibri, left,  and Kasimu Bartlett perfrom Capoeira in remembrance of the fighting spirit of the coal workers.  Dollar fo' Dollar Culture & History Tour Savan Tramp and Mini-Coaling Exhibit to commemorate the Coal Workers Strike of 1892.  St. Thomas, USVI.  24 September 2016.  © Aisha-Zakiya Boyd
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