Crossing 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 tree these are images associated with the African American experience of nature.
Unfamiliar with the culture\'s rich Environmental heritage, people overlook the knowledge and skills required at every t.
Over the decades, many African Americans have come to accept that natural areas are dangerous.
Crossing 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 tree these are images associated with the African American experience of nature
