there you go. bob marley said it best. stolen from africa, gentrified in harlem. american black folks keep losing our connection to the places we come from. so i m headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don t realize black folks still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. again! yes! nice! when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we ll have to take those on another day, because what you probably don t picture is this. but the history of black folks here runs as deep as any other nonindigenous people. they are a critical part of appalachia, and i m here to help tell their stories because it is in danger of disappearing forever. so i m actually walking the appalachian trail right now? you are. you are. those mountains there, those are some of the old
keep losing our connection to the places we come from. i am headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don t realize black folk still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. yeah. nice. when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we will have to take those on another day. what you probably do not picture is this. a history of black folks here runs as deep as any other nonindigenous people. they are a critical part of appalachia. i am here to help tell their story, because it is in danger of disappearing forever. i m watching the appalachian trail. there are mountains, there. those are some of the oldest mountains in the world. you see the swiss alps, they are so big. these are the grandmothers. crystal good is a sixth generation west virginia native, foun
it s one of those many moments in american history where you wonder what would have happened if that had worked out? but after two days of trying and 14 death, including two of brown s sons, the armory was surrounded by u.s. marines, and brown was caught, tried and hung because of, of course. people don t think of harper s ferry as being not only the place where the first shots of the civil war were fired. they don t think of it being the place where the civil rights movement started. that s because for many people, the story of black appalachia begins and ends with john brown, a white dude. so the significance of this place is dismissed. historic college is where the niagara movement had their first meeting in america. and that is the foundations of the naacp. but this is really just the entry point for black appalachian history that is american history and going to go on a journey. all right.
place as not only the place where the first shots of the civil war were fired. they don t think of it being the place where the civil rights movement started. for many people, the story of black appalachia begins and ends with john brown. a white dude. the significance of this place is dismissed. this is where the niagara movement had their first meeting in america and that is the foundation s of the naacp. this is just the entry point for black appalachian history, that is american history and going to go on a journey. all right. appalachia is not a place. it is a region. 13 states, 206,000 square miles and 26 million people. the 2.5 million black appalachian s are the largest minority group, here, disrupting that singular white