Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns | 
pickAn insightful memoir that focuses attention on an often-ignored group, the black Americans in Appalachian coal towns. Turner was a child in an eastern Kentucky coal town and he reminisces about the way things were, finding good (e.g., the sense of community) and bad (being so reliant on the company for your life, the changes that integration brought). An interesting, thought-provoking book.
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