Participation Type
Performance
Presentation #1 Title
Emancipation Day: Gallia County, Ohio
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
Over the past five years, East Tennessee PBS has been engaged in the production of short, local documentaries around the narratives of our Black families and institutions in an effort to raise the visibility of resident stories and histories associated with the Mountain South.
Spearheaded by East Tennessean, William Isom II, this project aims to contribute to the current cultural and academic body of work and materials that others have been actively
engaged in in Appalachia over many years .
Isom will screen segments of and discuss this media project’s foray into documenting the 154 year-old Emancipation Proclamation Celebration in Southeastern Ohio’s Gallia County and talk about lessons learned and efforts to make documented stories and materials available to host communities through the public television system.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
William Isom II is the Director of Community Outreach at East Tennessee PBS in Knoxville, Tennessee. In that role he produces/directs short documentaries under “Blacks in Appalachia Films”. That documentary series is aimed at preserving and raising up the narrative of Black history and culture in Central Appalachia.
Conference Subthemes
Diversity and Inclusion
Emancipation Day: Gallia County, Ohio
Over the past five years, East Tennessee PBS has been engaged in the production of short, local documentaries around the narratives of our Black families and institutions in an effort to raise the visibility of resident stories and histories associated with the Mountain South.
Spearheaded by East Tennessean, William Isom II, this project aims to contribute to the current cultural and academic body of work and materials that others have been actively
engaged in in Appalachia over many years .
Isom will screen segments of and discuss this media project’s foray into documenting the 154 year-old Emancipation Proclamation Celebration in Southeastern Ohio’s Gallia County and talk about lessons learned and efforts to make documented stories and materials available to host communities through the public television system.
