The Past as Possibility in the Appalachian South: how chef and Eater Young Gun Ashleigh Shanti centers African-American voices through her cooking

Appalachian people were part of the early lesbian and gay civil rights movement even before the Stonewall Uprising advanced the struggle. But it is difficult to see role models if they are excluded from history.

When Johnson died, he was one of the richest black men in the South, famous for owning saloons, race tracks, and some of the world’s finest horses.