Visiting a Historic African-American Community in Boone, NC

"In this community, we help one another!" I wish we could go back to that!

Glad they held on to their heritage and community

Growing up in a predominantly AA city, Flint, Michigan, I used to think that there were no other black people, beyond Flint and Detroit. My great, great grandmother used to say, "Oh no baby, there ain't a place on God's green earth that we haven't touched!" I'm now 57 & of course have had the chance to travel, marry, have my own children & this was so refreshing to watch. My folks all come from the south but this was eye opening for me!

So glad to know about this bit of history of African Americans in Appalschia(sp)....When I was completing a 3 month clinical internship in Morgantan,NC...I was fascinated by the deep,southern," twangy" accents( particularly how Buster speaks/sounds who is featured on this Vlog ) of the black people that I encountered,befriended and worked with.. and I am a Black person myself.The one thing that is similar no matter where black people lived a community within community was formed in that:,neighbors looked out for one snother,mothers yielded a lot of power,grandparents were an integral to helping raise the children, all were church going,rich in love but not material things...and on and on!👍

I love Busters southern accent…as a multi generational Appalachian girl myself I really appreciate his accent…like music❤. Thanks for this!

Really enjoyed this piece of history I didn’t know about. Thank GOD for YouTube taking us places, closed to us in the 20th Century. With this and other media platforms, we can go all over world learning about our black history and history of others. This is one pro! for the online platforms not ignoring their cons as well.

It’s good knowing that people had the roughest time but still have the fondest memories. I go into trance mode listening to their stories.

First of all thank you for this information!!! I’m not from Appalachia but from the Sandhills of NC. It brought tears to my eyes to hear about the closeness of the community. Made me realize that tho we have progressed, we’ve also lost so much.

It was a pleasure to watch this historic video. It was indeed a blessing to have discovered that this town is figuratively in my backyard. I would love to visit North Carolina and learn more firsthand of what it's like to be amongst spiritual, kind, loving people. I currently reside in Georgia where I was born. I am not as knowledgeable as you are of your family history. I am still learning piece by piece of where I originate from. This was a beautiful presentation. Thank you all for sharing your past, present, and future with the world.

OWN MY GOODNESS IVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO FIND PHOTOS, or any other information concerning people in my family tree. To my great amazement the history of black people in Watauga NC pops up on my YouTube feed this morning. And to make even more grand. The son of Ervin Horton and Clarissa Council also pops up in the telling of Boones history. So nice to see the faces of people who were just names in my family tree.

Thanks for sharing…I have a grandson who just moved to the Boone area.I would like to visit this church on my next visit.These are amazing people!

I took a Travel nurse job in Andrews NC in 2019 and the area is beautiful right above the North GA mountains 20 minutes from the GA state line. I was fascinated to find out when the whites ran the Black community out of Forsythe county GA in the early 1900 they fled to this area. I would love to return for the relaxation. Mountain life is amazing.

These people are Native Black Americans, not African-Americans. It's great how they work together and help each other. Something sorely missing from a lot of black Americans today, unfortunately!

Veryyyy informative & soooooooo interesting thank you for posting❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for sharing this video

🌹🫵🏿Junealuska, was a Cherokee Indian Chief brave warrior who fought in the creek war of 1814 alongside his warriors for the United States Of America he saved the life of General Jackson at the battle of Horseshoe Bend under President Andrew Jackson for his bravery and faithfulness North Carolina made Junealuska a Citizen and gave him land in Draham County along with $100 for his military bravory He died October 20th 1868 the name Junealuska ment "He who tries, but fails" as we now know it Junealuska was a Inspiration to many as The Indigenous Chief 🇱🇷💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

Lovely, Lovely, so glad this video is posted. Thank you for sharing 🙏 A senior for Alabama. Never heard of the Junaluska Community. God bless and keep you all in Boone NC. Amen 🙏😊.

The ladie in the pink jumper as beautiful eyes 😍 looks like a lovely community

My Appalachian family are from the Lumbee tribe. Robeson NC

Thanks, born in the Piedmont and didn't know this 😮