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Long Haul Volunteers Redefine Appalachia’s Poverty War
Two former volunteers recount four decades in Appalachia. Rockefeller's Emmons progress from school bus stops to the U.S. Senate framed by ongoing poverty and need. Richardson recalls building pole houses and founding Appalshop, transforming housing, education, and culture across central Appalachia.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
America
Jay Rockefeller
Harvard
Rockefeller
Emmons
W.va
Appalachia
Statehouse
U.S Senate
West Virginia
Whitesburg
Bill Richardson
Kentucky
Yale
Richardson
Appalshop
Appalachian
Wmmt-Fm
Voice of the
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia