Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage Native American Literature terminology

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the insect is mesmerized by the glowing bioluminescence

the refuge they find in each other

Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage Native American Literature terminologyCrossing the ocean on a slave ship, working the land under threat of violence, eluding racists in nighttime chases through moonless fields and woodlands, stumbling across a murder victim hanging from a treethese are images associated with the African American experience of nature. Over the decades, many African Americans have come to accept that natural areas are dangerous. Unfamiliar with the culture's rich environmental heritage, people overlook the