Two new books shed light on the often misunderstood heritage of an impoverished region rich in culture: The United States of Appalachia and The... Celebrating the History of Appalachia Celebrating the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 12—The dialect of Appalachia is often regarded by linguists as archaic and, perhaps, a bit odd. The rugged and unique ...

A conversation with historian Elizabeth Catte, author of a new book that upends narratives about a region that has been dubbed Trump Country Appalachia is home to coal miners, addicts, Trump ...

He created the nation’s premier museum of Appalachian history by conserving the log cabins and heirlooms of the mountain folk in his native region. By Alex Traub John Rice Irwin, who collected more ...

But buried in the project’s early announcements was a surprise: Appalachia was listed as one of six potential locations, alongside Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona and Texas. A two-decade Western drought ...

From the late-nineteenth century to the present, the most popular stories of Appalachia have been simplistic tales of white mountaineers. Those stories have infused everything from culture to politics ...

Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin, a researcher, lecturer, and cultural worker at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and William Isom, director of the Black in Appalachia project at East Tennessee PBS, were ...

When a group of Kentucky miners decided to block a coal-laden train from leaving a bankrupt mine in July, they weren’t just laying claim to missing paychecks. The miners in Harlan County won attention ...