History Talk: "The Melungeon People: Diversity Comes Home"
Venue: Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Wilderness Road Regional Museum presents the History Talk titlted "The Melungeon People: Diversity Comes Home" on Thursday, November 10, 2022.

The Melungeons are a group of mixed ethnic ancestry first documented in northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia in the early 19th century. As a group, the Melungeons were considered by outsiders to have a mixture of European, Native American and African ancestry. Researchers have referred to the Melungeons and similar groups as "tri-racial isolates", and the Melungeons have faced discrimination, both legal and social, because they did not fit into America’s accepted racial categories. More recent research indicates the Melungeon story is a much more complicated story of a mixed ethnicity people.

Dr. Terry W. Mullins will discuss the origins and unique story of the Melungeon People in his presentation.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Wilderness Road Regional Museum is located at 5420 Wilderness Road in Newbern, VA.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/WildernessRRM or https://www.facebook.com/events/9145330805493157/ or call 540-674-4835.

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