The Language & Life Project | Cherry Town Road Documentary @TheLanguageLifeProject | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
Cherry Town Road is the story of a community that has chosen to define itself, even as Jim Crow, segregation, white supremacy, and now COVID-19 have knocked at its back door. It is a deeply personal story for director Lydia Elrod, but it is also the story of resilience and a commitment to excellence that is common to so many Black families in the Southern United States.
Regardless of your affiliation with Cherry Town, we hope that this documentary inspires you to see the value in the settings and events that have been most impactful in your life.
In the words of James Baldwin: "History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about."
Anonymity does not mean "of lesser importance." Each of us constitutes the anonymous. Each of us is an integral piece of history.
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Find out who we are: https://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/ncllp/index.php
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Cherry Town Road is the story of a community that has chosen to define itself, even as Jim Crow, segregation, white supremacy, and now COVID-19 have knocked at its back door. It is a deeply personal story for director Lydia Elrod, but it is also the story of resilience and a commitment to excellence that is common to so many Black families in the Southern United States.
Regardless of your affiliation with Cherry Town, we hope that this documentary inspires you to see the value in the settings and events that have been most impactful in your life.
In the words of James Baldwin: "History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about."
Anonymity does not mean "of lesser importance." Each of us constitutes the anonymous. Each of us is an integral piece of history.
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Want to learn more?
Find out who we are: https://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/ncllp/index.php
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/NCLLP
Listen to our podcast: mixcloud.com/Linglab
Watch some DVDs: commerce.cashnet.com/cashnetg/selfserve/storehome.aspx
