Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Black Appalachia

Teaching the N-word’s history to today’s black students

Garet Mathews, white, turned his back on a black ‘friend’ in high school when the friend counted on him. That experience shaped his outlook.

Before railroad work was completely mechanized in the 1950s, railroad calls were an everyday part of the track worker’s ritual.

I played opposite Booker T. Washington who chewed real tobacco. He lubricated the grass in front of me with real tobacco juice.

The movement to put anti-lynching legislation in place gained new momentum with the election of FDR in 1932. Roosevelt refused to speak out.

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