Ron Short, January 27, 2016

Title

Ron Short, January 27, 2016

Subject

Coal miners
Appalachian Region
Childhood
Appalachia
Baptists
Rural churches
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Appalachian region--Economic conditions
Politics and government
Tennessee
Music

Description

Short tells many stories from his childhood and family, claiming he had the best childhood in the world. He moves on to talk about his time in the Vietnam War and how angry the injustices of it made him. He also explains his political awareness only increased through college at University of Virginia's College at Wise, Virginia. He explains he put that awareness to work at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee where he worked for a number of years until dealing with a serious illness which brought him back home to Virginia where he began to work writing for the Roadside Theater Company--one of the arms of Appalshop.

Format

video

Identifier

2016oh029_appal023

Interviewer

Jeffrey A. Keith
Rayna Gellert

Interviewee

Ron Short

Interview Keyword

Clintwood (Va.)
Writing
Truths
Roadside Theater Company
Highlander Folk School (New Market, Tenn.)
Status quos
Moving
Stories

Files

2016oh029_appal023_short_img.jpg


Citation

“Ron Short, January 27, 2016,” Exploring the Legacies of Appalshop Oral History Project, accessed September 26, 2023, https://nunncenter.net/legaciesofappalshop/items/show/22.