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An Appalachian organizer's excavation of the past, her own and her people's, to spark a collective fight for a future where we all have what we need and deserve
In Song for a Hard-Hit People, Beth Howard shares her story of growing up in Appalachian Kentucky—the economic struggles, trauma, and ever-present sexism along with the loving care of her close-knit rural community. These complex people shaped Howard's sense of justice and solidarity, and taught her about the inextricable bonds working-class people share, despite our differences. But her childhood also left her with emotional wounds that threatened to destroy the life she built for herself. While healing her wounds is deeply personal, there's no separating it from the people and place that made her.
Appalachia is often framed as a place to escape from, where people are hateful, lazy, and bring tragedy upon themselves. But in her quest to understand her home and her people, Howard uncovers the powerful history of white Appalachians fighting alongside Black and Brown people, pushing back against billionaires who gain power by using racism to divide them. Appalachia, she realizes, has not only been hit hard; it is the place to wage a freedom struggle.
Too many of us are denied the basic necessities of life: somewhere decent to live, good food to eat, health care that doesn't break the bank, jobs that don't kill us. As Howard reminds us, we haven't got a chance—unless we organize.
In the midst of divisive rhetoric, violent repression, and grifters writing elegies, may this story be a song.
Contents
ToC:
Introduction
Section One: Who Are Your People?
Chapter 1: My People
Chapter 2: My Father
Chapter 3: My Mother
Chapter 4: My Place
Section Two: If You Could Change Something, What Would It Be?
Chapter 5: Lifting Our Heads Higher
Chapter 6: Listening to Each Other
Chapter 7: Not Good Enough
Chapter 8: Success and Cancer
Chapter 9: Fire and Rain
Section Three: What Is Holding You Back from Taking Action?
Chapter 10: It Could Always Be Worse
Chapter 11: Something Had to Change
Chapter 12: A New Way of Living
Chapter 13: Reckonings
Section Four: Will You Join Me?
Chapter 14:
Chapter 15:
