Just Added to Cultural & Natural Resource Directory: New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour

Original Story appeared @TheMergingLanesProject

Added New River Gorge National River African American Heritage Auto Tour to TMLProject.com “Cultural & Natural Resource Directory”

African-Americans in the coal mining communities of West Virginia.

I stumbled across this gem of a resource earlier today, the African American Heritage Auto Tour, was developed to be used while driving through New River Gorge National River but can also be used remotely.

This resource interprets the history of Image #1 – 3 (African American Coal Miners); Images #4 & 5 (Camp Washington Carver 4H Club); Image #6 Harlem Heights and more