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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Of the hundreds of photographs I've seen today, this one haunts my memory like no other ... for capturing what might otherwise be an inexpressible moment in American history.

This is Carolyn Hinkgaines, 61, of Chicago. She's a letter-carrier and got an offer to be a guest at the victory rally from a ticket-holder on her mail route who has become a friend. Photo in the Chicago Tribune by E. Jason Wambsgans.

Labels: Barack Obama

// posted by J.W. Williamson @ 11/05/2008 05:40:00 PM

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J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.

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