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by Roscoe Morgan Roscoe Morgan grew up on Elm Street in Over the Rhine and now lives in Tennessee. He is a renowned bluegrass recording artist, music teacher and producer, and songwriter (on the web a...
Who are Urban Appalachians? A Research Guide for Finding Out
by Jonathan L. Bradshaw Urban Appalachians are deeply woven (or quilted) into the fabric of Cincinnati. While many might know of Appalachians’ contributions to folk music and literary arts, ther...
Pioneers Among Their People: James Hathaway Robinson and Michael Eamon Maloney
by Phillip J. Obermiller For Black History Month I thought readers of the UACC blog might enjoy reading about the parallels between these two Cincinnati community leaders. Readers of this blog are pro...
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition—Core Plus Story Circle
by Pauletta Hansel On a chilly December evening members of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition gathered for our final UACC Core+ meeting of 2015, the first full year of the Coalition’s ...
Meeting Tom Taylor
by Warren Waldron Warren Waldron is a master fiddler and a stalwart in Cincinnati’s old-time music community. With his wife Judy and also Barb and Russ Childers, he can be heard in many local ve...
“Kentucky Wonder” (poem for Tom Taylor)
by Barb Childers Tom Taylor, an exceptional northern Kentucky fiddler, was born March 17, 1924, in Adair County on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. He was proud to say “Both states ...
Being Santa
by Steve Laird In this special holiday edition of the UACC blog, Steve Laird shares his memories of playing Santa. The “Agency” refers to the Urban Appalachian Council. As a child I reme...
Camp Washington Community School
by Anne Endress Skove Camp Washington Community School was chartered in February, 1988. The school’s original purpose was to contribute to workforce development and overall well-being of the com...
Family History in Appalachia: George Davis, the “Singing Miner”
by Troy Davis In this UACC blog entry, Troy Davis tells the story of researching family history in Appalachia. His distant uncle, singer and radio personality George Davis, had been interviewed in t...
Appalachian Identity
Appalachian Identity by Mike Maloney “In the hills of Kentucky, we all looked alike – scruffy white people with squinty eyes and cowlicks. We shared the same economic class, the same religion, the...
Poetry from “Words 2015”
In April 2015, Thomas More College celebrated its Words writing program with a writing showcase and publication of the Words 2015 collection of writings. Under the leadership of long-time UACC suppo...
Reflections on the Inner City
Posted by Phil Obermiller During the 1950s and 1960s Appalachian families moved into Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in great numbers. The people were proud but poor; the poverty was plain ...
Community Education in Appalachian Cincinnati
by Maureen Sullivan A few days ago I heard in an interview clip that Harry Belafonte said he was a drop out, I believe from 7th grade. I was reminded of the early 1990’s Cincinnati Youth Collaborati...
What is Appalachian Culture?
by Michael Maloney Gene Wilhelm’s theory of Appalachian culture is that it is a way of life and thinking that developed in the 1700s when the Scotch Irish and other British Isles and German people c...
Women’s Economic, Mental, and Physical Health Expo
by Jameelia Bowie Jameelia Bowie of Carthage is a student intern with the UACC this summer. She is a junior at Berea College. The 2nd annual Women’s Economic, Mental, and Physical Health Expo: “Pe...
Connie Brosi, Appalachian Studies Pioneer
We are saddened by the loss of Connie Brosi, a deeply committed servant of Appalachia who inspired many in our community. This obituary was written by her husband George and is contributed by Phil Obe...
My Appalachian Memory Series: Excerpts from the Word Quilt Created by Cincinnati’s Urban Appalachians
Memories from Betty June Taylor, Tom Taylor, and Nona Carter by Barb Childers Watch this space as we share thoughtful, funny, sad, surprising “rememories” collected from My Appalachian Memory: A W...
The Singing Bus
by Steve Laird Back in 1953 I was 10 years old and in the third grade. Got held back a year in the first grade, I was labeled a slow learner. As I found out some years later, people with Dyslexia have...