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What Color is Melungeon?

Resource ID: 93739
Type: book, fiction

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author:

Georgia Clyde Blair

date:

4.27.2025

ISBN:

9798327059030

pages:

36

notes:

Written and illustrated by Georgia Clyde Blair

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description:

Take a walk in the shoes of a young Melungeon girl named Elvie Mae and her little brother Hurley as they embark on a journey from the comfortable familiarity of their home in an East Kentucky holler, to the hustle and bustle of Detroit Michigans city life. This story navigates the challenges and triumphs of of being culturally unique in a new place, in a simple and digestable context for young children to understand. Experience the beauty of heritage and the strength it takes to be yourself among new peers. A tale of cultural pride, family bonds, and the struggle of learning to fit in without fading away.

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