Virginia recently celebrated a milestone anniversary. Four hundred years ago on July 30, the body that became the Virginia House of Delegates first met at Jamestown. In the case of Jamestown, we can ...

The Melungeon Heritage Association met in Hillsborough, NC recently to discuss an upcoming conference exploring their identity. Andrew Harris Jr was an attendee. VPM News Focal Point is available to ...

KINGSPORT (Tennessee) July 1: Might the Melungeon people of the US Appalachian mountains be descendants of Moorish and Turkish sailors who escaped the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Or are their ancestors ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A conference in Swannanoa this week may help unravel the mystery of the Melungeons, an Appalachian people much discussed and often feared by generations of white ...

Recent discussions here about the marvelous and misunderstood Melungeons have unfolded in two previous chapters. The opening chapter dealt with the broad historical saga of this multiethnic community, ...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. – If you see Connie Clark wearing her favorite T-shirt, you’ll quickly know her heritage. It reads: “Melungeon and Proud of it.” “I probably wear a Melungeon shirt three times a ...

Solomon Bolton was a Melungeon and was a soldier in the War of 1812. His lovely daughter, Jemima, had a tragic story. The Melungeons were a dark-skinned people of mysterious origin. Another Bolton ...

Response continues to roll in on a series of reports on the marvelous Melungeons. A recent Associated Press story in The Roanoke Times caught Terrie Futrell’s attention about “Cheddar Man,” whose ...

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BIG STONE GAP — Mountain Empire Community College will host the 20th Annual Melungeon Union on June 23-25, featuring presenters, field trips and research opportunities for anyone interested about the ...