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Melungeon Unions (13)
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 "Melungeons in the 21st Century," 17th Union, a Melungeon Gathering, Wytheville, VA June 28/29"Melungeons in the 21st Century" is the theme of 17th Union, the first to be celebrated in Wytheville. The historic community is convenien… Started by Melungeon Heritage AssociationLatest Reply |
Author offers mountain research, writing tips (Katie Dunn, Staff Writer, Coalfield Progress)BIG STONE GAP — The southern Appalachians are a region rich in culture and history, attributes that author and educator Terry Mullins said… Started by Melungeon Heritage AssociationLatest Reply |
DNA study a hot topic at gathering (Katie Dunn, Staff Writer, the Coalfield Progress)Associated Press BIG STONE GAP — While a controversial study published earlier this year offers hints as to the ancestral origins of the… Started by Melungeon Heritage AssociationLatest Reply |
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"Melungeons in the 21st Century," 17th Union, a Melungeon Gathering, Wytheville, VA June 28/29"Melungeons in the 21st Century" is the theme of 17th Union, the first to be celebrated in Wytheville. The historic community is convenien… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
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"A Code to Live by in Appalachia"-- radio documentary covering 16th Union, Vardy, and moreLast summer, reporter Mary Helen Miller came to Big Stone Gap to share the experience of 16th Melungeon Union at the Southwest Virginia His… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
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Author offers mountain research, writing tips (Katie Dunn, Staff Writer, Coalfield Progress)BIG STONE GAP — The southern Appalachians are a region rich in culture and history, attributes that author and educator Terry Mullins said… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Jul 25, 2012 |
DNA study a hot topic at gathering (Katie Dunn, Staff Writer, the Coalfield Progress)Associated Press BIG STONE GAP — While a controversial study published earlier this year offers hints as to the ancestral origins of the… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Jul 25, 2012 |
Novel focuses on region's multi-ethnic heritage (Katie Dunn, Staff Writer, the Coalfield Progress)BIG STONE GAP — America is often described as a melting pot, a nation where different ethnicities and cultures have assimilated into a cohe… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Jul 25, 2012 |
Researcher: Melungeons don't deny ancestry (Glenn Gannaway, Staff Writer, the Coalfield Progress)The notion that Melungeons are in denial about their ancestry misrepresents the history of these mixed-race peoples, says a researcher.A st… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Jul 25, 2012 |
AP story on 15h Union, Warren Wilson College"Melungeons Celebrate Curious Appalachian Heritage" was the Associated Press report on our 2011 conference in Swannanoa, NC. Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Jun 26, 2012 |
2007 Big Stone Gap Union ReportBefore 1607? Melungeons in the New World" Southwest Virginia Museum, Bigs Stone Gap, 29-30 June 2007 The Melungeon Heritage Association (… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Aug 4, 2011 |
Melungeon Voices“Melungeon Voices” A film by Julie Williams Dixon and Warren Gentry. The film tells the complex story of the Melungeons using interviews,… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Aug 4, 2011 |
Twelfth Union ReportTwelfth Union: A Melungeon Gathering It might appear to many of you watching this site that we went on vacation after our gathering at… Started by Melungeon Heritage Association |
0 | Aug 4, 2011 |
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