Race Issues

Good Morning POU! Today, let's talk about the Appalachian families that are racially referred to as Melungeons. Melungeon is a term traditionally applied to one of numerous "tri-racial isolate" groups of the Appalachia region of the southeastern United States. Historically, Melungeons were associated with the Cumberland Gap area of central Appalachia, which includes … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans and Appalachian History