NAACP and Black Appalachian Coalition Host Appalachia Black Invisibility Event
June 19, 2021
June 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The NAACP issued the following news release:
The NAACP is putting a spotlight on some of the poorest communities in the nation. These areas can be described as the Affrilachians, such as The Ohio Valley, Central Appalachia and Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Although the region has long provided raw materials to fuel American prosperity elsewhere, it has suffered economically and, in many places, people have experienced downward mobility.
The NAACP is putting a spotlight on some of the poorest communities in the nation. These areas can be described as the Affrilachians, such as The Ohio Valley, Central Appalachia and Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Although the region has long provided raw materials to fuel American prosperity elsewhere, it has suffered economically and, in many places, people have experienced downward mobility.