Appalachian Studies Conference 2018 Black Appalachian Sessions


ASC Black Appalachian Sessions

Friday
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions 3
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3.12 - Panel: Documenting Black Cemeteries in SWVA Convener: Willie Dodson 
“The Ike Shade Cemetery in Haysi, Virginia and the beginning of the SWVA Black Cemetery Collective,” Willie Dodson (Appalachian Voices) 
“The Collier Slave Cemetery in Jonesville, Virginia,” Amy Clark (University of Virginia Wise)
“Documenting Black History in Appalachia,” William Isom (East Tennessee PBS)
“Searching for Grandma in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Norton, Virginia,” Terran Young (Highlander Center)
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
POSTER Session with Desserts
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“Documenting African American Heritage and Culture in Western Maryland,” Brenna Bohn and Andrew J. Dayton (Frostburg State University)
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Concurrent Sessions 4
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4.4 - Panel: Cultural Sustainability: Black Fiddle Roots, Ballad Roots, White
Fiddle & Seed Mentors & Trampoline Experimentation with Dawn, Illustrations
and Community Sustainability Theater Convener: Cece Conway
“African Roots of the Fiddle and Cultural Exchange in Our Southern Mountains,” Cece Conway
(Appalachian State University)

SATURDAY,
APRIL 7, 2018
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8:30 AM – 9:30 AM                                                                     Opening Mini-Plenaries
Diversity and Inclusion: Speaking of Equity and Justice: Stories and Discussion Convener: Susan Spalding Omope Carter Daboiku (Homeside Cultural Programming), Wilburn Hayden (York  University), Shanita Jackson (Berea College), and Stacie Sexton (Kentucky Health Justice Network)
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM                                                                 Concurrent Sessions 6
Diversity and Inclusion: 6.1 - Panel: Black Appalachian History Convener: Wilburn Hayden
“Emancipation Day: Gallia County, Ohio,” William Isom II (East Tennessee PBS), “Spreading our Wings—Black Huntingtonian Progress during the Era of Benevolent Segregation’,” Cicero M. Fain (College of Southern Maryland), “African American Miners in the West Virginia Mine Wars,” John Blatzheim (Rice University) “Preserving Culture and Worship: The Black Church in Appalachia,” Franklyn Charles, and ​Aaron Atkins (Ohio University)


1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Performance
​Affrilachian Memory Play: Tobacco Fields
Yuina Barbour-Payne

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Closing mini-plenaries
​Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, Environmental Sustainability, Health, and Migration

Sunday, April 8, 2018
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10
10.1 - Panel: Investigations of Regional Writing Convener: Thomas A. Holmes
The Racial Other in Fred Chappell’s Brighten the Corner Where You Are,” Marcy Pedzwater (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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  1. Mark Rauterkus31 March 2018 at 11:09

    Article in National Geographic says we all come from Africa.
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/

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