The problem is that the Afro-American Association didn’t save their archives, so I had no collection to review, but I was helped in the endeavor to find out more about them by Robert Chrisman—rest in peace—a founder of the The Black Scholar, who put me in touch with Ernie Allen, who was also a member of..…

Steven Stoll argues in his absorbing new book Ramp Hollow The Ordeal of Appalachia that this ahistorical view fails to explain the development of in the region. ... Scott lends energy and creativity to Ramp Hollow and aids Stoll in making original contributions to the history of..…