Gone home : race and roots through Appalachia /

Karida L. Brown's Gone Home offers a much-needed corrective to the current whitewashing of Appalachia. In telling the stories of Appalachian African Americans living and working in steel and coal towns, Brown offers a deep and sweeping look at race, the formation of identity, changes in politic...

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Main Author: Brown, Karida, 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Summary:Karida L. Brown's Gone Home offers a much-needed corrective to the current whitewashing of Appalachia. In telling the stories of Appalachian African Americans living and working in steel and coal towns, Brown offers a deep and sweeping look at race, the formation of identity, changes in politics and policy and black migration in the region and beyond.
Physical Description:252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469647036
1469647036