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Berea College

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Berea College Blacks in Appalachia Symposium Collection, 1989

 Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.07
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of recordings documenting the event "Blacks in Appalachia - From Invisibility to Importance: A Symposium, Seminar, and Celebration" held at Berea College, May 19-20, 1989.  The event marked the establishment of the Goode Professorship of Black and Appalachian Studies at Berea College. View Video...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1989

Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.57
Abstract In 2011, the Berea College Board of Trustees authorized the establishment of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education. In keeping with the desires of the Board of Trustees and the mission of Berea College founders, it is the goal of the Center to strive to align external campus norms with the College’s internal and historic commitment to interracial education so they function in a mutually supportive manner. It is therefore the mission of the Carter G. Woodson Center for...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2013-

Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection, 1987

 Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.06
Scope and Contents This collection contains video recordings documenting the Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling held at Berea College, November 12-14, 1987. Features of the event included concurrent storytelling sessions for various ages, the Second National Liars Contest, an informal "Swapping Ground" for storytellers, and scholarly lectures on the status of blacks in Appalachia.Among the fifteen master storytellers participating in the festival were Mary Carter Smith and Linda...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1987

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African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History. 2
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