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The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

By : William H. Turner

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Book Synopsis :

A personal remembrance from the preeminent chronicler of Black life in Appalachia. The Harlan Renaissance is an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in eastern Kentucky?s coal towns written by one of the luminaries of Appalachian studies, William Turner. Turner reconstructs Black life in the company towns in and around Harlan County during coal?s final postwar boom years, which built toward an enduring bust as the children of Black miners, like the author, left the region in search of better opportunities.The Harlan Renaissance invites readers into what might be an unfamiliar Appalachia: one studded by large and vibrant Black communities, where families took the pulse of the nation through magazines like Jet and Ebony and through the news that traveled within Black churches, schools, and restaurants. Difficult choices for the future were made as parents considered the unpredictable nature of Appalachia?s economic realities alongside the unpredictable nature of a national

Book Detail :

Author : William H. Turner

Pages : 352 pages

Publisher : West Virginia University Press

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ISBN-10 : 1952271215

ISBN-13 : 9781952271212

 

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