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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 tak...

keep losing our connection to the places we come from. i am headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don't realize black folk 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. >> yeah. nice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we will have to take those on another day. what you probably do not picture is this. a history of black folks here runs as deep as ...

From here. a lot of people leave where they're from. a lot of people can't wait to get out away from where from write come. why stay? >> we're the fifth generation that went through this house that we're in. >> oh, wow. five generations have lived in the house you're in. >> we're like eighth generation appalachians. >> oh really? >> yeah. yeah, i just think ancestral land that we're on. i think really rooting in just how special that is. it's like having this tangible piece of property in our family that's been passed down. it gives us an ability to stay. it's almost a spiritual element. our p...

>> stay together appalachian use. along with black appalachian use rising works to connect and support young people here, losing them at the forefront of community building. >> when we started doing work, i started driving and became a part of that and that is part of my life. meeting these people has helped it to change me and the way i and it has helped my music and the way i write and talk about things. ♪ ♪ >> what is it about? a lot of people leave where they are from and can't wait to get out. why stay? >> you know, five generations have lived in this house. we are eighth generation