Decades before the U.S. Declaration of Independence, English explorers noted an unusual community found in the Appalachian wilderness. They spoke a strange language, unknown to neighboring Native ...
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A Melungeon photographer from the Appalachian Mountains who has nearly been forgotten from history
A Melungeon photographer named T.R. Phelps from the Appalachian Mountains who took photos all over Washington County, Russell County and Bristol, VA was nearly forgotten by history. His work captures ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...
Deep in the hills of Appalachia live a mysterious tri-racial people known as Melungeons. For years, the community around Vardy Valley in northeastern Tennessee suffered discrimination and ...
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