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Melungeon Voices S2 E4 – William Isom II
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- UPDATED: 8.10.2025
- status: to be worked, high-priority
- populations, race+ethnicity, identity, regional
date:
10.8.2021
length:
31 min
podcast:
presenter:
producer:
Lis Malone (Lis Malone LLC)
host:
Heather Andolina (MHA President)
guest:
William Isom II
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description:
William Isom II is a native of Hamblen County, Tennessee. He's the director of community outreach for East Tennessee PBS, and is the director of the Black in Appalachia Project. During this episode, William shares what it’s like to be multi-ethnic and black in Appalachia, how it is connected to the Melungeon people, and how it inspired the growth of the Black in Appalachia Project.
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