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Race in Appalachia
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Asheville Leaders Said They Wanted Reparations. One Year Later, Progress Has Been Slow at Best.
When Asheville, North Carolina’s City Council passed a resolution in favor of reparations for its Black citizens in…
W.Va.’s New River Gorge Rock Climbers Grapple With Racist Route Names
Standing at the base of “The Hole,” a gargantuan rock formation in West Virginia’s New River Gorge, you…
Poetry at a North Carolina Biscuit Chain Brings People Together
Videos of confrontations—and sometimes outright fights—at restaurants have made their rounds on the internet. But rarely does one…
People of Color Living in America’s Rural Spaces Face Constant Erasure
In this op-ed, writer Holly Genovese explains how people of color who live in rural spaces often face…