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Jim Embry essay "Ancestral Vibrations Guide Our Connection to the Land", 2019

 File — Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13

Scope and Contents

Unedited version of an essay submitted October 15, 2019 by Jim Embry to We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile published by Harper Collins April 2021. Gift of the author. Jim Embry is a native of Richmond, Kentucky. The essay discusses Jim Embry's family history, the plight of African Americans after the Civil War, the Black Chautauqua movement in Kentucky, agriculture, and food activism. It also contains numerous references to Berea College.

Dates

  • Creation: 2019

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Source

Repository Details

Part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives Repository

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