![]() ![]() Author of “ Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans To The Great Outdoors.” ( From Tom’s Reading List ( Finney, professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. She through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2016. Rahawa Haile, essayist and short story writer. ![]() This hour On Point, hiking while black on the Appalachian Trail. People of color are under-represented in America’s great outdoors. And she did it alone as a young African-American woman. Rahawa Haile heard the call and followed it all the way, end to end. If that’s you this year, you know it’s go time if you want to finish before winter. (Courtesy Rahawa Haile)Įvery year, the Appalachian Trail calls a new crop of hikers, drawn to its grand sweep – 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine. When a young African-American woman headed out solo along the Appalachian Trail, she learned a lot about the politics of race in the great outdoors. Facebook Email This article is more than 6 years old. ![]()
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