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Junaluska : oral histories of a black Appalachian community / edited by Susan E. Keefe ; with assistance from the Junaluska Heritage Association.

Keefe, Susan E. (Susan Emley), (editor.). Junaluska Heritage Association (Boone, North Carolina), (editor.).

Summary:

"Junaluska is one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few that has persisted into the modern era. 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476680170
ISBN: 1476680175
Physical Description: x, 225 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- A brief ethnography of the Junaluska Community -- Life history narratives -- Part I. Those born 1885-1909 -- Ebb McQueen (1885-1983) -- Harrison "Boone" Grimes (1888-1984) -- Gertrude Tolbert Folk (1892-1974) -- The Rev. Ronda Horton (1895-1986) -- Rosa Horton Odem (1902-1983) -- Kenneth Mathes (1909-1993) -- Jennie McQueen Horton (1909-1994) -- Part II. Those Born 1910-1924 -- Leroy Kirkpatrick, Sr. (1910-1993) -- Anna Tolbert Grimes (1910-1997) -- Nell Wilson Ray (1912-2010) -- Dora Wellington Horton (1915-2006) -- William Whittington (1918-2003) -- Emma Irene Folk Horton (1918-2014) -- Sudia Grimes Mathes (1920-2009) -- Mary Macphedis "Mackie" Folk Carr (b. 1922) -- James McQueen, Sr. (1923-2002) -- Part III. Those born 1925-1939 -- Kathryn Grimes Folk (1925-2013) -- David Horton (b. 1925) -- Honolou "Mary" Jackson Young and John Young (b. 1926 and 1947) -- Hallie Bell Hatton Horton (1926-2002) -- Peggy Horton (b. 1934) -- Cleveland "Buster" Shearer Whittington (1936-2018) -- Part IV. Those Born 1940-1960 -- Marcella Grimes Whittington (1941-2006) -- Roberta Jackson (b. 1946)Joseph Henry Grimes (b. 1946) -- Betty Grimes (b. 1947) -- Carolyn McQueen Grimes (b. 1947) -- Sandra Hagler (b. 1948) -- Morris Rockford Hatton, Jr. (b. 1949) -- Gene Ray (b. 1952) -- Carolyn Grimes (b. 1954) -- Part V. Those born 1960-1993 -- Jonita Lynn Clayborn (b. 1964) -- Lynn Jackson Patterson (b. 1967) -- Brittany Ball (b. 1986) -- Alana Patterson (b. 1993) -- Quilt square meanings -- Index.