there you go. bob marley said it best. stolen from africa, gentrified in harlem. american black folks keep losing our connection to the places we come from. so i m headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don t realize black folks still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. again! yes! nice! when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we ll have to take those on another day, because what you probably don t picture is this. but the history of black folks here runs as deep as any other nonindigenous people. they are a critical part of appalachia, and i m here to help tell their stories because it is in danger of disappearing forever. so i m actually walking the appalachian trail right now? you are. you are. those mountains there, those are some of the old
grandmothers. reporter: crystal goode is a sixth generation west virginia native, founder of black by god, an apalachicola s first black newspaper. she is going the show me around and place me at the places. they forget that not all appalachia is white people. uh-huh. and folks like me and my family don t necessarily get into that narrative, and that s why i m excited to be i think the docent of appalachia. the docent of appalachia. is that an official title? i don t know. i just made it up. and this place, harper s ferry tells one of the most amazing stories of the united states of america. oh, i love this story. in 1859, john brown, a white radical abolitionist led a raid on this armory, intended to free america s four million slaves.