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Category: Black Appalachia

John Henry was hammering

The legend began in Big Bend Tunnel, Summers County, WV, which CSX Railroad still uses today. He was the most powerful man working the rails.

August 29, 2017 Appalachian architecture / Black Appalachia / Tennessee

Sevier County’s African-American architectural legacy

After the Civil War, Isaac Dockery became instrumental in establishing the brick masonry tradition within the African-American culture of Sevier County, TN.

June 1, 2017 Baseball / Black Appalachia / Ohio

It’s my skin! It’s my skin, Mr. Rickey!

In the summer of 1945, one white executive quietly, secretly, plotted an assault on baseball’s systematic practice of racial discrimination.

March 1, 2017 Advertising industry in Appalachia / Appalachian celebrities / Black Appalachia / Kentucky

Nancy Green, the first ‘Aunt Jemima’

Nancy Green, of Mt Sterling, KY, became the first person to portray the Aunt Jemima pancake character in 1893.

February 2, 2017 Appalachian celebrities / Black Appalachia / Black history celebrations / Educators/teachers / West Virginia

Carter G. Woodson, father of Black History Month

West Virginia educator Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves, was pivotal in the development of Black History Month.

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