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STUDENTS OF THE POPULATION(S) and culture of Appalachia as well as .scholars of the 'general' black experience consistently have overlooked blacks in the region. The presence of blacks in the Appalachian mountains (especially the Central Highlands), the labor of black people in the industrialization of the region, their needs, and the culture developed by them in the area have yet to be analyzed systematically. Offered here is some historical evidence and sociological reasoning which (1) reviews the coming of blacks into the region, (2) the general character of their social and cultural development, and (3) a review of two specific instances which bear on the present status of blacks in the Central Appalachians.
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STUDENTS OF THE POPULATION(S) and culture of Appalachia as well as .scholars of the 'general' black experience consistently have overlooked blacks in the region. The presence of blacks in the Appalachian mountains (especially the Central Highlands), the labor of black people in the industrialization of the region, their needs, and the culture developed by them in the area have yet to be analyzed systematically. Offered here is some historical evidence and sociological reasoning which (1) reviews the coming of blacks into the region, (2) the general character of their social and cultural development, and (3) a review of two specific instances which bear on the present status of blacks in the Central Appalachians.
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