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Virtual Talk | Displaced Families of Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park is known as one of Virginia’s natural wonders, attracting over 1.5 million visitors a year. Until the park’s formation in the 1930s, however, much of that land was inhabited by generations of mountain families, whose homes were displaced by the park’s construction through eminent domain. In this recorded virtual talk, author and professor Katrina M. Powell explores the history of these displacements and the families they impacted. Powell is an alumni distinguished professor of English at Virginia Tech, and the founding director of Virginia Tech’s Center for Refugee, Migrant and Displacement Studies. She has written two books on the displacement of families from Shenandoah National Park.