Crystal Wilkinson2019 Appalachian Heritage Writer in Residence

Teaching Resources

• Critical Essay on Crystal Wilkinson
• Water Street Chapter Discussion Questions
• Water Street Synthesis Questions
• Blackberries, Blackberries Assignment
• Blackberries, Blackberries Collaborative Learning Exercise
• Water Street Assignment
• Water Street Collaborative Learning Exercise
• The Birds of Opulence Assignment
• The Birds of Opulence Collaborative Learning Exercise

Links and Research Sources

• Crystal Wilkinson UKY Website
• Affrilachian Poets Website
• National Museum of African American History and Culture Website
• Black History Website
• African American History Month Website
• Jefferson County Black History Preservation Website
• Black Lives Matter Website
• Black Lives Matter, Herstory website
• Henry Louis Gates, Genealogy and African American History
• PBS The African Americans, Many Rivers to Cross, with Henry Louis Gates
• 42 Million Ways to Be Black, with Henry Louis Gates

Sponsors

• The WV Center for the Book
• Appalachian Studies Program at Shepherd University
• Shepherd University Foundation
• Performing Arts Series at Shepherd