[Studentfolk] TOMORROW: Meet Raymond Thompson Jr.

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It's tomorrow: meet professor and journalist Raymond Thompson Jr. :




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Appalachian Ghost, Raymond Thompson Jr.



Appalachian Ghost:

A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster

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January 29,  4 - 5:30 pm

165 Thompson Library

1858 Neil Ave.

Columbus, OH 43210



The Center for Folklore Studies welcomes Raymond Thompson, Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin

In the 1930s, near Fayetteville, West Virginia,  5,000 workers traveled to the area to work on a hydroelectric dam project. Two-thirds of these workers were Black. An estimated 2,900 laborers worked underground to dig a three-mile tunnel while exposed to silica dust. Improper construction techniques allowed clouds of silica dust to overwhelm the workers, causing an estimated 764 deaths. This story is shallowly buried beneath the West Virginia landscape, with very little to mark the incident. Thompson's presentation, "Appalachian Ghosts," is a visual re-examination of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster.

This talk is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Folklore Studies, University Libraries and the Humanities Institute.

Find the full event listing here.<https://cfs.osu.edu/events/appalachian-ghost-photographic-reimagining-hawks-nest-tunnel-disaster>



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