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The Daily Yonder Black History Month: An Early Look at William Turner’s Memoir ‘Harlan Renaissance’ The opening of coal mines in Lynch, Kentucky, in the 1920s attracted thousands of Blacks from deeper in the South. In Eastern Kentucky, in a city named for a US Steel executive, they built a vibrant and diverse community.
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A memorial to Black coal miners who worked in and around Lynch, Kentucky. (Photo by Jimmer Emerson via Flickr, Creative Commons).
William H. Turner’s The Harlan Renaissance: A Memoir of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns
is coming from West Virginia University Press in fall 2021. In this preview, from the manuscript, Turner a sociologist and recipient of the lifetime of service award from the Appalachian Studies Association reflects on Black life in his hometown of Lynch, Kentucky. This excerpt is republished with permission from “Booktimist,” the blog of West Virginia University Press.