America has a funny way of hiding history, and there’s no better example of that than the story of the Melungeons, a forgotten people of Appalachia. Appalachia is a geographic region in the eastern ...

For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some speculated they were ...

Melungeon Mythology: Who Are We And How Did We Get Here? -- Dna, Disease And Demographic -- The Keys To The Mystery -- 1492 A Most Propitious Year -- Rewriting The Past A New Origin Story -- Family ...

“The Melungeons: Sons and Daughters of the Legend” will be the next presentation in the Blount County Public Library’s Southern Appalachian Studies Series at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at the library’s ...