Identifying, preserving, and amplifying black appalachian experiences and voices in central appalachia [a project to identify, preserve and amplify black appalachian experiences and voices through…

This $136,500 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program supports a 2-year project by Appalshop Inc. to identify, preserve, and amplify Black Appalachian experiences and voices in central Appalachia. The project involves cultural mapping of Black churches and faith experiences, collecting oral histories from an integrated community in Kentucky, and participating in residencies with other organizations working with historically disadvantaged communities. Key project activities include archiving, community development, and performing arts programming across Appalshop's programs to document and share Black Appalachian heritage.

Identifying, preserving, and amplifying black appalachian experiences and voices in central appalachia [a project to identify, preserve and amplify black appalachian experiences and voices through cultural mapping, oral historic collection and dissemination, and national cultural exchanges and organizing. This is a cross-programmatic project within the arts and media non-profit organization appalshop, INC. IT features work by project coordinators in three programs of the organization: archive, community development, and roadside theater. We will collect and map black churches and faith experiences in central appalachian communities in kentucky, tennessee, and virginia, collect oral histories from an integrated community in knott county, kentucky, and participate in residencies with other organizations working with historically disadvantaged communities through the performing our future program.]