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True freedom lies in wilderness. It’s why I’ve spent much of my life encouraging people of color to explore these spaces.
![Black mountaineers pointing and looking into the distance](https://dudleyedmondson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Copy-of-Black-Mountaineers8TIF-1024x682.jpg)
![Nation Park Ranger Shelton Johnson](https://dudleyedmondson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NP-Ranger-Shelton-Johnson-1024x683.jpg)
![Mike Richardson at the continental divide](https://dudleyedmondson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mike-Richardson-contintenal-divide-1024x681.jpg)
Brown Faces Wild Places
Dudley Edmondson is the author of the landmark book, “Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places,” profiling African Americans in nontraditional vocations and avocations in the outdoors.