A Just Recovery: Weathering the Storm in Freedmen’s Town: An Exploration of Residents’ Cultural Resilience Through Defiance

Davis, C. R., Goldin, S., Iruka, I. U., Dede, B., Morgan, J., Fetaw, R., George, G., Lacey, M., & Morgan, T.

September

2024

This report outlines a study that aimed to investigate how a historically Black community, the Freedmen’s Town of Ironton, has weathered consecutive climate hazards and to discover the strategies residents have used to maintain cultural resilience.

Citation

Davis, C. R., Goldin, S., Iruka, I. U., Dede, B., Morgan, J., Fetaw, R., George, G., Lacey, M., & Morgan, T. (2024). A Just Recovery: Weathering the Storm in Freedmen’s Town: An Exploration of Residents’ Cultural Resilience Through Defiance. Coastal Resilience Center. Retrieved from: https://www.coastalresiliencecenter.org/post/a-just-recovery