Participation Type
Poster
Presentation #1 Title
Mountain People, Mountain Lives: “The invisible people need to be made visible”
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
For seven years, students from Smoky Mountain High School in Sylva, NC have worked with history faculty at Western Carolina University on the Mountain People, Mountain Lives Oral History Project. They have listened to and recorded the stories of longtime residents, recent immigrants, African Americans, Latinos, politicians, nurses, preachers, teachers, veterans, entertainers, activists, old farmers, and young professional athletes. These men and women tell of migrations, great and small, that took people to and away from Appalachia and across the world. They describe the global, local, and personal resonance of the modern civil rights movement. They explain how long-standing struggles for inclusion, equality, and justice have played out in school classrooms and playgrounds, local diners, family-owned businesses, and international non-profits.
Program title: Making the Invisible Visible: Uncovering Appalachian Stories with High School Students.
Mountain People, Mountain Lives: “The invisible people need to be made visible”
For seven years, students from Smoky Mountain High School in Sylva, NC have worked with history faculty at Western Carolina University on the Mountain People, Mountain Lives Oral History Project. They have listened to and recorded the stories of longtime residents, recent immigrants, African Americans, Latinos, politicians, nurses, preachers, teachers, veterans, entertainers, activists, old farmers, and young professional athletes. These men and women tell of migrations, great and small, that took people to and away from Appalachia and across the world. They describe the global, local, and personal resonance of the modern civil rights movement. They explain how long-standing struggles for inclusion, equality, and justice have played out in school classrooms and playgrounds, local diners, family-owned businesses, and international non-profits.
Program title: Making the Invisible Visible: Uncovering Appalachian Stories with High School Students.
