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African Americans -- Appalachian Region -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

African American Civil Rights: History

 File — Box 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1968-2000

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

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

Writings and Manuscripts: Notes and Drafts

 Series
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This set of papers contains research notes, manuscripts, drafts and personal/biographical materials of Richard (Dick) Bryant Drake. Materials in the Personal and Biographical series include both Drake’s and family members’ writings.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1948-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1995; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/2001