Affrilachia: Testimonies,” by Chris Aluka Berry sets out to document the Black experience in Appalachia. The book is a ...

That author was Alex Haley, whose love for Knoxville and the East Tennessee region was part of what inspired him to build a home in nearby Norris, where he spent much of his later years. His house was ...

The experiences of people living in different regions of Appalachia, particularly in the coal mining areas of eastern Kentucky or West Virginia, are vastly different than it is for individuals in ...