Junaluska : oral histories of a Black Appalachian community / edited by Susan E. Keefe ; with assistance from the Junaluska Heritage Association.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Junaluska Heritage Association (Boone, N.C.), author.

Contributor:

Keefe, Susan E. (Susan Emley), editor.

Junaluska Heritage Association (Boone, N.C.), author.

Series:

Southern Appalachian studies ; 48.

Southern Appalachian studies ; 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral history.

Community life.

History.

African Americans.

Junaluska (Boone, N.C.)--Biography.

Junaluska (Boone, N.C.).

Boone (N.C.)--Biography.

Boone (N.C.).

African Americans--North Carolina--Boone--Interviews.

Community life--North Carolina--Boone--History.

Oral history--North Carolina--Boone.

North Carolina--Boone.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

x, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

"Junaluska is one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few that has persisted into the modern era. After Emancipation, many former slaves in Watauga County became sharecroppers, were allowed to clear land and to keep a portion, or bought property outright, all in the segregated neighborhood on the hill overlooking the town of Boone, North Carolina. Land and home ownership have been crucial to the survival of this community, whose residents are closely interconnected as extended families and neighbors. Missionized by white Krimmer Mennonites in the early twentieth century, their church is one of a handful of African American Mennonite Brethren churches in the United States, and it provides one of the few avenues for leadership in the local black community. Susan Keefe has worked closely with members of the community in editing this book, which is based on three decades of participatory research. These life history narratives adapted from interviews with residents (born between 1885 and 1993) offer a people's history of the black experience in the southern mountains. Their stories provide a unique glimpse into the lives of African Americans in Appalachia during the 20th century-and a community determined to survive through the next."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Those Born 1885-1909 p. 38

Ebb McQueen (1885-1983) p. 38

Harrison "Boone" Grimes (1888-1984) p. 40

Gertrude Tolbert Folk (1892-1974) p. 46

The Rev. Ronda Horton (1895-1986) p. 49

Rosa Horton Odem (1902-1983) p. 57

Kenneth Mathes (1909-1993) p. 61

Jennie McQueen Horton (1909-1994) p. 63

Part II Those Born 1910-1924 p. 67

Leroy Kirkpatrick, Sr. (1910-1993) p. 67

Anna Tolbert Grimes (1910-1997) p. 72

Nell Wilson Ray (1912-2010) p. 75

Dora Wellington Horton (1915-2006) p. 82

William Whittington (1918-2003) p. 85

Emma Irene Folk Horton (1918-2014) p. 88

Sudia Grimes Mathes (1920-2009) p. 91

Mary MacPhedis "Mackie" Folk Carr (B. 1922) p. 93

James McQueen, Sr. (1923-2002) p. 95

Part III Those Born 1925-1939 p. 104

Kathrine Grimes Folk (1925-2013) p. 104

David Horton (B. 1925) p. 106

Honolou "Mary" Jackson Young and John Young (B. 1926 and 1947) p. 109

Hallie Bell Hatton Horton (1926-2002) p. 116

Peggy Horton (B. 1934) p. 119

Cleveland "Buster" Shearer Whittington (1936-2018) p. 124

Part IV Those Born 1940-1959 p. 133

Marcella Grimes Whittington (1941-2006) p. 133

Roberta Jackson (B. 1946) p. 136

Joseph Henry Grimes (B. 1946) p. 142

Betty Grimes (B. 1947) p. 145

Carolyn McQueen Grimes (B. 1947) p. 147

Sandra Hagler (B. 1948) p. 151

Morris Rockford Hatton, Jr. (B. 1949) p. 159

Gene Ray (B. 1952) p. 168

Carolyn Grimes (B. 1954) p. 175

Part V Those Born 1960-1993 p. 182

Jonita Lynn Clayborn (B. 1964) p. 182

Lynn Jackson Patterson (B. 1967) p. 188

Brittany Ball (B. 1986) p. 198

Alana Patterson (B. 1993) p. 204

Quilt Square Meanings p. 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476680170

1476680175

OCLC:

1121131475