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Junaluska

- Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community
Engelsk Paperback

Junaluska

- Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community
Engelsk Paperback
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Junaluska is one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few surviving today. After Emancipation, many former slaves in Watauga County became sharecroppers, were allowed to clear land and to keep a portion, or bought property outright, all in the segregated neighborhood on the hill overlooking the town of Boone, North Carolina. Land and home ownership have been crucial to the survival of this community, whose residents are closely interconnected as extended families and neighbors. Missionized by white Krimmer Mennonites in the early twentieth century, their church is one of a handful of African American Mennonite Brethren churches in the United States, and it provides one of the few avenues for leadership in the local black community.

Susan Keefe has worked closely with members of the community in editing this book, which is based on three decades of participatory research. These life history narratives adapted from interviews with residents (born between 1885 and 1993) offer a people''s history of the black experience in the southern mountains. Their stories provide a unique glimpse into the lives of African Americans in Appalachia during the 20th century--and a community determined to survive through the next.

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Junaluska is one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few surviving today. After Emancipation, many former slaves in Watauga County became sharecroppers, were allowed to clear land and to keep a portion, or bought property outright, all in the segregated neighborhood on the hill overlooking the town of Boone, North Carolina. Land and home ownership have been crucial to the survival of this community, whose residents are closely interconnected as extended families and neighbors. Missionized by white Krimmer Mennonites in the early twentieth century, their church is one of a handful of African American Mennonite Brethren churches in the United States, and it provides one of the few avenues for leadership in the local black community.

Susan Keefe has worked closely with members of the community in editing this book, which is based on three decades of participatory research. These life history narratives adapted from interviews with residents (born between 1885 and 1993) offer a people''s history of the black experience in the southern mountains. Their stories provide a unique glimpse into the lives of African Americans in Appalachia during the 20th century--and a community determined to survive through the next.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 235
ISBN-13: 9781476680170
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1476680175
Kategori: Mundtlig historie
Udg. Dato: 26 jun 2020
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 178mm
Højde: 254mm
Forlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato: 26 jun 2020
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Kategori Mundtlig historie

ISBN-13 9781476680170

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 235

Udgave

Længde 12mm

Bredde 178mm

Højde 254mm

Udg. Dato 26 jun 2020

Oplagsdato 26 jun 2020

Forlag McFarland & Co Inc