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(Re)locating Sites of Memory in Appalachia Through Black Spaces and Stories

“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the

The New Orleans morning daily newspaper, The Times-Picayune, during the 11-year period between 1957 and 1968, failed to publish a

In 1969, Black Power advocate Floyd McKissick announced plans to develop Soul City, a multiracial community in rural Warren County,

The 1960 sit-in movement that began in Greensboro on February 1 is a familiar story when it comes to Black

Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking Against the Vietnam War, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota, April 27, 1967 (Wikimedia Commons)