African American Railroad Workers of Roanoke: Oral Histories of the Norfolk & Western (American Heritage)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626195048 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dr. His research interests include comparative slavery in the Western hemisphere, African American history and civil rights. She has been the director for the Cotton to Silk Oral History Project in Roanoke, Virginia, most recently. . Sullivan III is an emeritus professor of English at East Carolina University and is on the summer faculty at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. Over his thirty-four-year career, he has won numerous awards and grants, and has published over fifty articles and ten books in the fields of American folklore, fantasy and Celtic studies. About the Author Sheree Scarborough is a historian specializing in oral and public history. The former director of the Frank Erwin Oral History Project in Austin, Sheree has written numerous publications on oral history and other topic
Older generations toiled through labor-intensive jobs such as janitors and track laborers, paving the way for younger African Americans to become engineers, conductors and executives. Since the company has employed many of the city's African Americans, the two histories are intertwined. The Norfolk & Western Railway Company, now the Norfolk Southern Corporation, has been in Roanoke for over a century. The lives of Roanoke's black railroad workers span the generations from Jim Crow segregation to the civil rights era to today's diverse corporate workforce. Join author Sheree Scarborough as she interviews Roanoke's African American railroad workers and chronicles stories that are a powerful testament of personal adversity, struggle and triumph on the rail.. Roanoke, Virginia, is one of America's great historic railroad centers
Over his thirty-four-year career, he has won numerous awards and grants, and has published over fifty articles and ten books in the fields of American folklore, fantasy and Celtic studies. She has been the director for the Cotton to Silk Oral History Project in Roanoke, Virginia, most recently. Dr. DeLaney is an associate professor of history and director of Africana studies at Washington & Lee University. Kegley is the editor of the Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia
Wide Awake said True stories by a talented interviewer, edited well. Great book! Love the interviews with these amazing men who are and were true heroes. Their pride justifiably shines throughout each story. Ms. Scarborough does a great job leading these men through their stories, staying out of their way while being sure that not