Novel focuses on region’s multi-ethnic heritage (Katie Dunn, Staff Writer, the Coalfield Progress) BIG STONE GAP — America is often described as a melting pot, a nation where different ethnicities and cultures have assimilated into a cohesive union. In her recently published novel, Washed in the Blood, author Lisa Alther, a Kingsport, Tenn. native, focuses […]
Melungeon Unions
Coalfield Progress story about 16th Union
Researcher: Melungeons don’t deny ancestry (Glenn Gannaway, Staff Writer, the Coalfield Progress) The notion that Melungeons are in denial about their ancestry misrepresents the history of these mixed-race peoples, says a researcher. A study published last April in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy — and mass media reports of the study — were “horribly unfair,” […]