Christopher A. Brooks | Best-Selling, Award-Winning Biographer

THE JEREMIAH SHOW - Featuring Christopher A. Brooks | Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University & Best-Selling, Award-Winning Biographer Christopher's new book is "Tales Of Koehler Holler: An African American Family in Rural Appalachia"
by NAOMI HODGE-MUSE and (International Best-Selling Biographer) CHRISTOPHER A. BROOKS Tales of Koehler Hollow tells the story of Amy Finney and her descendants. Amy, a formerly enslaved Black woman, gained her freedom and established a homestead in the Appalachian mountains during a time in American history when she was dehumanized for the color of her skin and devalued for being female.  Christopher A. Brooks is a professor of anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has produced numerous award-winning publications focusing on the African continental and diasporan experience. He is an internationally recognized biographer and has authored a series of books exploring the HIV pandemic in Africa and America. He is also the author of "Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor" (with Robert Sims) and "I Never Walked Alone," with the late great opera singer Shirley Verrett. The book is available now on www.Unsungvoicesbooks.com and www.Amazon.com THE JEREMIAH SHOW Host - Jeremiah D. Higgins Executive Producer - Jeremiah D. Higgins Senior Sound Engineer | Producer - Graham Palmer | Surprise Studio www.thejeremiahshow.com Opening Theme Music By Sugizo "DO-FUNK Dance” https://sugizo.com/ BROUGHT TO YOU BY evolve entertainment Network JEREMIAH’S SOCIALS Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahdhiggins/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.higgins/ X - https://twitter.com/ShowJeremiah All Social Links - https://linktr.ee/jeremiahdhiggins GRAHAM PALMER’S SOCIALS Find Graham Palmer Surprise Studio on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/surprise__studio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices