Kentucky State University News June 28, 2021 Kentucky State University director’s new gets favorable early review for "The Harlan Renaissance" The Kentucky State University interim director for the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED) recently received a favorable early review for his upcoming book. Dr. William H. Turner, former interim president and current interim director of CREED at Kentucky State, received the first published review of his book, “The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns,” from the Daily Yonder. The Daily Yonder is a national news organization for rural people and places. Turner said the book is due for release Oct. 1. In the review, James Branscome noted the book is “the most detailed history of those coal camps that describes how Black people built sustaining communities in the midst of racism and discrimination and still produced so many ambitious, talented, and accomplished sons and daughters in separate and unequal schools.” Click here to read the full review<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailyyonder.com%2Freview-book-details-the-overlooked-experience-of-blacks-in-appalachian-coal-camps%2F2021%2F06%2F18%2F&data=04%7C01%7CJesse.Osbourne%40kysu.edu%7C7d70dc8515f04f70c7e808d938178d7a%7Ccb83c95fc0144330bfdc88e488123ca5%7C0%7C0%7C637602496145673525%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=WH0pye2NR703r6IZ%2BJ6pDgVnwQVo85XvRy3CSU5lk5s%3D&reserved=0>. Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/