ASC Black Appalachian Sessions
Friday
1:00 PM –
2:15 PM
Concurrent
Sessions 3
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3.12 - Panel: Documenting Black Cemeteries in SWVA Convener:
Willie Dodson
“The Ike Shade Cemetery in
Haysi, Virginia and the beginning of the SWVA Black Cemetery Collective,” Willie
Dodson (Appalachian Voices)
“The Collier Slave Cemetery in
Jonesville, Virginia,” Amy Clark (University of Virginia Wise)
“Documenting Black History in
Appalachia,” William Isom (East Tennessee PBS)
“Searching for Grandma in
Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Norton, Virginia,” Terran Young (Highlander
Center)
2:30 PM –
3:45 PM
POSTER
Session with Desserts
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“Documenting African American
Heritage and Culture in Western Maryland,” Brenna Bohn and Andrew J. Dayton
(Frostburg State University)
2:30 PM –
3:45 PM
Concurrent
Sessions 4
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4.4 -
Panel: Cultural Sustainability: Black Fiddle Roots, Ballad Roots, White
Fiddle
& Seed Mentors & Trampoline Experimentation with Dawn, Illustrations
and
Community Sustainability Theater Convener: Cece Conway
“African Roots of the Fiddle and Cultural Exchange
in Our Southern Mountains,” Cece Conway
(Appalachian
State University)
SATURDAY,
APRIL 7, 2018
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8:30 AM –
9:30 AM Opening Mini-Plenaries
Diversity and Inclusion: Speaking of Equity and Justice: Stories and
Discussion Convener: Susan Spalding Omope Carter Daboiku (Homeside
Cultural Programming), Wilburn Hayden (York
University), Shanita Jackson (Berea College), and Stacie Sexton (Kentucky
Health Justice Network)
9:45 AM –
11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions
6
Diversity
and Inclusion: 6.1 - Panel: Black Appalachian History Convener: Wilburn
Hayden
“Emancipation Day: Gallia County, Ohio,” William Isom II (East
Tennessee PBS), “Spreading our
Wings—Black Huntingtonian Progress during the Era of Benevolent Segregation’,”
Cicero M. Fain (College of Southern Maryland), “African American Miners in the West Virginia Mine Wars,” John
Blatzheim (Rice University) “Preserving
Culture and Worship: The Black Church in Appalachia,” Franklyn Charles, and
Aaron Atkins (Ohio University)
4:30 PM –
5:30 PM
Closing
mini-plenaries
Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, Environmental Sustainability,
Health, and Migration
Sunday,
April 8, 2018
9:45 AM -
11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10
10.1 -
Panel: Investigations of Regional Writing Convener: Thomas A. Holmes
The Racial Other in Fred Chappell’s Brighten the
Corner Where You Are,” Marcy Pedzwater (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
