Book Excerpt Archives — 100 Days in Appalachia

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A postcard image of Mount Zion Baptist Church, dated around 1909. COURTESY: Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society

In SE Ohio, Community Reflects on Black History Preservation, Its Importance to Democracy

Black Appalachia

byLaura Harbert Allen

May 17, 2022

5 minute read

Review: ‘Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place’

Queer Appalachia

bySkylar Baker-Jordan

March 31, 2022

6 minute read

A Taste of Home – How Pinto Beans And Cornbread Became an Appalachian Tradition

Tradition

March 24, 2022

4 minute read

Photo: WVU Press/Provided

‘Ginseng Diggers’: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia

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March 22, 2022

5 minute read

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‘Ginseng Diggers’: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia

The following is an excerpt from “Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia,” published…

March 22, 2022