THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Melungeon Voices podcast
Season 6 of the Melungeon Voices (presented by the Melungeon Heritage Association) centers on the American Revolution, including the contributions and significance of Melungeons and other people of mixed ancestry.
Episode 7 will release live on YouTube on April 22 at 6:30 pm EST. Subscribe here to be ready! You can find info & links from the previous episodes below.
INFO & RESOURCES
INFO & RESOURCES
Daughters of the American Revolution website
Forgotten Patriots book & supplement (PDF downloads)
DAR Genealogical Research System
Email names of Patriots (members) or request more info: epu@dar.org
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Former MHA President and Melungeon author, Wayne Winkler, discusses how mixed ancestry peoples like the Melungeons influenced and contributed to the American Revolution.
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Marvin Jones, documentary photographer and founder of the Chowan Discovery Group will be discussing the contributions of his mixed ancestry/Melungeon ancestors before, during, and after the American Revolution.
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Dr. LaTanya Bowman and Dr. Kersten Priest will explore the history of the Free People of Color and African-American abolitionist activity in Jamestown, North Carolina, and Grant County, Indiana.
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Sibrena Stowe-Geraldino, discusses her Melungeon and Free People of Color ancestors who fought in the American Revolution through till today. She will also be discussing how to submit your Melungeon Patriot ancestors through the new Daughters of the American Revolution’s (DAR) Melungeon Research Group. As well as share with us family connections to notable ancestors and people like Martin Luther King Jr and Beyoncé.
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Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck is a citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, and she has dedicated the past 5+ years to defending her homelands against the Mountain Valley Pipeline/Southgate Extension. She is leading a campaign to bring Rights of Nature laws to NC to protect the waterways and communities in the path of the pipeline.
Crystal is the co-founder of 7 Directions of Service with her husband. Crystal completed her Doctorate at the University of Dayton, focusing on the social justice crisis of Missing Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) tied to gas/oil pipelines. This led her to launch the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Coalition of NC. Crystal was a co-author of NC House Bill 795, the Rights of Nature/Rights of the Haw River,prioritizing environmentally impacted communities around the Haw River watershed. Crystal serves on the boards of Movement Rights, The Haw River Assembly, and is the Policy Director at Toxic Free, NC.