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Podcast: Black in Appalachia
Episode: Black in Appalachia: Marcus Garvey Revisited: Eugenics
Description: In this episode we delve into the short, but complex relationship between Marcus Garvey and Virginia eugenicists during the 1920s. These strange bedfellows' brief alliance formed around the infamous Racial Integrity Act of 1924 & Garvey's imprisonment, exposing the gendered and classist aspects of racial purity movements.