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Black in Appalachia: Bessie Woodson Yancey

Black in Appalachia
Black in Appalachia
Episode • Dec 16, 2024 • 28m

We explore the life and work of Bessie Woodson Yancey, a prolific Black Appalachian poet and writer and sister of Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin teams up with  Courtney Shimek & Jennifer Sano-Franchini from West Virginia University's National Writers Project to discuss Woodson-Yancey's 1939 poetry collection "Echoes from the Hills" and her themes of nature, childhood, imperialism and Black identity.

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