Black in Appalachia: Tennessee Humanities in Action
Reshared episode from Host and Historian Brigette Jones discussing Belonging in Tennessee with Black in Appalachia director William Isom. This interview was recorded as part of Humanities Tennessee's ...
1 Mars 202519min
Black in Appalachia: Power, Light & Outmigration
Power, Light & OutmigrationThis episode is a special live recorded production hosted at the National Archives Museum in Washington DC with Ron Carson and Dr. Karida Brown. Participants discussed Black...
16 Feb 202556min
Black in Appalachia: Researching Black Businesses
Researching Black BusinessesCo-hosted by Precious Brown, in this episode we're learning about her research on Black businesses in her homeplace, McMinn County, Tennessee. Sourced from historical recor...
20 Jan 202531min
Black In Appalachia: Meals, Health & Habits
We are talking about food with Femeika Elliot, a food policy advocate. She discusses food insecurity, food apartheid, policy and zoning decisions that limit access to nutritious food as well as the so...
31 Dec 202431min
Black in Appalachia: Bessie Woodson Yancey
We explore the life and work of Bessie Woodson Yancey, a prolific Black Appalachian poet and writer and sister of Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin teams up with Courtney Shimek & Jennifer Sano-...
16 Dec 202428min
Black in Appalachia: What's in a Name
This episode we explore the history and significance of racially charged place names in Appalachia. From Ann Miller Woodford in Far Western North Carolina, SW Virginia's Great Stone Face to poet Cecil...
5 Nov 202426min
Black in Appalachia: Immigrant Independence
On this episode of the Black in Appalachia podcast, West Virginia University Sociology Major, Suraya Boggs, shares her experience of growing up in Appalachia as a second generation immigrant with a We...
22 Aug 202329min
