A Song of the Unsung: “Swannanoa Tunnel” as a Testimony of Racism, Injustice, and Violence in the Blue Ridge Mountains – Mountain South Series
Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)Kevin Kehrberg and Jeff Keith (both of Warren Wilson College) will discuss their groundbreaking research on the construction of the railroad up Old Fort Mountain in the 1870s, its tragic consequences, and its historical and cultural memory.