By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
March 30, 2007
Summary: A slave cooking expert will share some recipes and knowledge today and Saturday.
BLACKSBURG — Growing up, Michael Twitty couldn’t understand why his grandparents grew tobacco and cotton on little plots in the city. Or why “people can remember the name of a watermelon they grew but can’t remember [...]

By Tonia Moxley
Southern Exposure magazine
April 2003
Note: Shorter versions of this article have appeared in Appalachian Voice, Tennessee Alumnus magazine, The Roanoke Times and the Associated Press.
Wilma Dunaway has always challenged assumptions, sometimes by her very existence.
People assume her white skin makes her a white person in a predominantly white society. Not so, she says.
People assume [...]