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African Americans and the Appalachian Heritage

African Americans and the Appalachian Heritage William H. Turner Appalachian Heritage, Volume 19, Number 4, Fall 1991, pp. 5-8 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1991.0097 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438644/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:52 GMT from JHU Libraries African Americans and the Appalachian Heritage William H. Türner, Guest Editor I am an African American male. I was But the movement crystallized a lot for born at the end of World War II in the me. I felt much better when "black" very heart of Appalachia—Harlan replaced "Negro" and "colored." The County, Kentucky. These aspects of my cultural support systems it portended linked me with nonmountain blacks. being used to be sources of a very real Such amorphous entities as "black cul- and frustrating problem of identity for me. I used to counteract the intersection ture," "black religion," "black music," and "black community" were embedded of being a black male and being from in cultural practices I'd long taken for Appalachia by quipping that "I'd never have chosen to be born a black boy in granted. The ceremonies, customs, and rituals of "black nationalism" were no Harlan County, Kentucky, but one cannot more to me than http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

African Americans and the Appalachian Heritage

Appalachian Review , Volume 19 (4) – Jan 8, 2014

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William H. Turner Appalachian Heritage, Volume 19, Number 4, Fall 1991, pp. 5-8 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1991.0097 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438644/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:52 GMT from JHU Libraries African Americans and the Appalachian Heritage William H. Türner, Guest Editor I am an African American male. I was But the movement crystallized a lot for born at the end of World War II in the me. I felt much better when "black" very heart of Appalachia—Harlan replaced "Negro" and "colored." The County, Kentucky. These aspects of my cultural support systems it portended linked me with nonmountain blacks. being used to be sources of a very real Such amorphous entities as "black cul- and frustrating problem of identity for me. I used to counteract the intersection ture," "black religion," "black music," and "black community" were embedded of being a black male and being from in cultural practices I'd long taken for Appalachia by quipping that "I'd never have chosen to be born a black boy in granted. The ceremonies, customs, and rituals of "black nationalism" were no Harlan County, Kentucky, but one cannot more to me than

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Published: Jan 8, 2014

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