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<i> KENTUCKY LIFE</i> IS 
MADE POSSIBLE IN PART 

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BY A GRANT FROM THE HONORABLE 
ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS 

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TONIGHT, A SPECIAL PROGRAM 

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DEDICATED TO THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOUNTAINEER 

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WE'LL VISIT GUITARIST ETTA BAKER

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PLAYWRIGHT ACTIVIST 
DOROTHY FOUNTAIN 

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POET NIKKI FINNEY 

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THE BUCKINGHAM LINING BAR GANG 

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AND THE LOST FREED SLAVE
SETTLEMENT OF COE RIDGE 

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TONIGHT, WE PAY HOMAGE TO THE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS OF APPALACHIA 

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IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT
KENTUCKY LACKS ETHNIC DIVERSITY 

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WHEN IN FACT, BACK 
DURING THE 1930s AND '40s 

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THE BLACK APPALACHIAN
POPULATIONS IN SOME COUNTIES 

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REACHED AS MUCH AS 
25 % OF THE TOTALS 

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WE'LL EXPLORE THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS 

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THROUGH THEIR WORK AS MINERS 

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MOUNTAINEERS, RAILROADERS 
AND EVEN MOONSHINERS 

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BUT FIRST WE'LL 
MEET NIKKI FINNEY 

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PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 

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AND A NATIONALLY KNOWN POET 

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AS A FOUNDING MEMBER 
OF A COMMUNITY BASED 
WRITING COLLECTIVE 

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THE "AFFRILACHIAN POETS" 

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SHE EXALTS HER BELOVED 
RURAL SOUTHLAND 

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AS SHE HAS IN PRINT 
WITH TWO BOOKS OF POETRY 

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AND A VOLUME OF SHORT STORIES 

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WE CAUGHT UP WITH MS. FINNEY
AT A PERFORMANCE OF HER WORK 

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AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION 

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I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA, UH 

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MY, MY CONCEPT OF 
WHO LIVED IN KENTUCKY 

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AND, AND UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
IN TENNESSEE AND WEST VIRGINIA 

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WAS VERY ONE-SIDED BECAUSE
I WAS GETTING INFORMATION 

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FROM THE PLACES 

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THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE 
WERE GETTING INFORMATION FROM 

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SO WHEN I MOVED HERE 
AND, AND GURNEY NORMAN 

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GAVE ME ALL THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT THE AFRICAN PRESENCE 

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THAT HAD BEEN IN THE
MOUNTAINS FOR A LONG TIME 

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I REMEMBER SITTING UP NIGHTS
AND JUST PORING OVER THESE 

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THESE DOCUMENTS 

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THESE PRECIOUS DOCUMENTS 

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BECAUSE REALLY I FELT LIKE
I HAD FOUND MORE FAMILY 

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THAT HAD BEEN HERE 
FOR A LONG TIME 

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TRADITIONAL IN,
IN THEIR OWN WAYS 

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A CULTURE THRIVING, RICH 

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UH, WITH, WITH ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT EVERY CULTURE HAS 

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AND SO I WANTED TO 
KNOW MORE ABOUT IT 

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BECAUSE I HAD THESE
PRECONCEIVED NOTION THAT 

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THERE WEREN'T ANY BLACK 
FOLKS IN THE MOUNTAINS 

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AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT
THE WHOLE STEREOTYPE, I SUPPOSE 

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UH, THAT HAS BEEN
PERPETUATED FOR GENERATIONS 

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SO I WAS DELIGHTED 

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I WAS, I WAS WARMED TO KNOW 
THAT FOLKS HAD BEEN THERE 

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FOR SO LONG AND SLOW BY 
SLOW I BEGAN TO MEET PEOPLE 

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I'LL NEVER FORGET... 
I LOVE THE TRAIN 

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I LOVE TAKING, TAKING THE 
TRAIN TO DIFFERENT PLACES 

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AND I TOOK THE TRAIN
FROM MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY 

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TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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AND YOU GO STRAIGHT THROUGH 
THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS 

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AND AT EVERY LITTLE STOP 

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THERE WERE, THERE WERE DOZENS
AND DOZENS OF BLACK FAMILIES 

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GREETING, TAKING PEOPLE
TO THE DEPOT 

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AND I WAS STARING 
OUT OF MY WINDOW 

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SO THE ACTUAL HISTORY THAT 
HAD BEEN IN THOSE PAGES 

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WAS COMING ALIVE TO ME 

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AND I, I KNEW THAT I HAD BEEN...

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I HAD COME TO KENTUCKY
FOR A REASON 

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MAYBE TO DOCUMENT SOME OF THAT 

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MAYBE TO PUT MY HANDS DOWN
IN THAT WATER AND BE FED 

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THIS IS A POEM THAT I 
WROTE CALLED "BROTHER" 

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AND IT'S FOR GURNEY NORMAN 

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UH, WHO IS A COLLEAGUE
OF MINE, A FRIEND AND... 

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JUST A VERY UH, VERY 
IMPORTANT PERSON TO MY LIFE 

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SINCE I'VE BEEN IN KENTUCKY 

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"BROTHER" 

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I WOULD HAVE COME TO KENTUCKY 

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BUT I NEVER WOULD HAVE 
STAYED IF NOT FOR HIM 

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20 MINUTES INTO 
OUR FIRST MEETING 

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HIS HANDS STUCK WAY 
DOWN DEEP IN HIS POCKETS 

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RIGHT WHERE MY OLDEST BROTHER
MIGHT HAVE STUCK HIS OWN 

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"REAL GLAD YOU'RE 
HERE," HE SAID 

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"THERE'S FOOD AT THE HOUSE 

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AND BY THE WAY, HOW YOU GETTING
TO THE AIRPORT TOMORROW?" 

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"WHO WAS THIS MAN?" I WONDERED 

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IT WAS 1989, I HAD 
ARRIVED AT MY NEW JOB 

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AND ON MY FIRST DAY 

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LEFT IN MY UNIVERSITY POST
OFFICE BOX WAS A BUNDLE OF BOOKS

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AND PAGE AFTER PAGE 
OF XEROXED ARTICLES 

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ALL FROM HIM AGAIN 

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ALL KINDS OF THINGS 

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ABOUT THE AFRICAN 
PRESENCE IN THE MOUNTAINS 

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KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, WEST
VIRGINIA, FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS 

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I DIDN'T KNOW BLACK FOLKS

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HAD BEEN UP IN THE 
MOUNTAINS ALL THIS TIME 

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SOME PART OF ME MUST HAVE
BELIEVED WEBSTER'S DEFINITION 

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THERE WAS A NOTE INSIDE THE BOX

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TELLING ME TO HOLD 
ON TO ALL OF IT 

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THAT HE'D GET BACK, THAT HE'D
GET IT BACK FROM ME LATER 

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HE PROMISED IT WOULD
ALL CONNECT BY AND BY 

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HE ALSO SENT ALONG A MAP WHERE
THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 

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HAD BEEN RED MARKED AND COLORED
IN BY HIS STEADY HAND 

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HE WAS ALWAYS TEACHING SOMETHING

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THIS TIME ABOUT THE 
POLITICS OF GEOGRAPHY 

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IN HIS OWN WAY TELLING 
ME WITHOUT TELLING ME 

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THAT THERE IS SOMETHING 
HERE THAT I NEED 

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SOMETHING HERE THAT NEEDS ME 

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LAST YEAR, ME AND 
FRANK AND GURNEY 

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DROVE TO HIGHLANDER CENTER 
ON OUR WAY TO BOONE 

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EASILY AN AFTERNOON
DRIVE BY HIGHWAY 

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BUT GOING GURNEY'S 
WAY IT TAKES US A WEEK 

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WE NEVER DO MAKE IT 
PAST 50 MILES PER HOUR 

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OR THE MAIN ROAD 

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IT'S JUST NOT HIS WAY 

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HE'S REALLY NOT A MAIN ROAD MAN 

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HISTORY AND CULTURE IS ALWAYS
THICKEST JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY 

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I REALIZE HE'S TRYING
TO SLOW US DOWN 

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TRYING TO BRING US 
IN CLOSER TO EACH OTHER 

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TRYING TO SAVE SOMETHING THAT
WE DON'T KNOW WE'RE LOSING 

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THE RADIO NEVER 
DOES GET TURNED ON 

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GURNEY TELLS US STORIES AND WE
LISTEN ABOUT THE WATERWAYS 

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BEFORE THE FOUR-LANERS CAME 

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ABOUT THE SMALL COMMUNITIES 

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THE WAY PEOPLE USED 
TO TRAVEL AND TALK 

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BEFORE THE BIG CITY AND 
THE UNFORGIVING CONCRETE 

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COVERED UP ALL THE FOOTPATHS 

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AND SPRAWLED OUT OVER EVERYTHING

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HE MENTIONS HOW PEOPLE
USED TO FIGHT ONE DAY 

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AND DEPEND ON EACH 
OTHER THE NEXT 

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FROM THE LONG BACK SEAT
HIS WORDS MAKE ME WONDER 

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WILL OUR MEMORIES EVER 
BE THAT LONG AGAIN? 

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MOUTH TO MOUTH GURNEY NORMAN
BREATHES COMMUNITY INTO US ALL 

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EVERY TIME HE SPEAKS ANOTHER
STORY LIVES FOREVER 

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THE NEXT MORNING 
HE INTRODUCES US 

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TO THE LEGENDARY GUY 
AND CANDY CARROWINE 

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AND THE MOST SACRED 
SPACE OF HIGHLANDER 

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AND THE PALPABLE HUMAN RIGHTS
WORK THAT HAS GONE ON THERE 

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FOR AS LONG AS I AM OLD 

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THERE ARE MORE RIVERS TO SHOW US

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TRAIN TRACKS AND TRIBUTARIES,
THE VEINS OF LIFE 

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OLD TREES AND HOLLERS
AND ANCIENT FAMILY GROUND 

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SOME OF THE STORIES ARE GOOD 

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SOME OF THE STORIES 
AREN'T SO GOOD 

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BUT HIS BREATH IS OXYGENIZED
PERSONAL HISTORY 

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SPREADING OUT ALL OVER THE
SHIMMERING BEAUTY OF THE LAND 

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ALL OVER THE SACRED SPACES
STILL FOUND IN HIS APPALACHIA 

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AND NOW MINE 

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THERE REALLY ARE 
SOME HUMAN PLACES 

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WHERE THE MOUNTAINS 
HAVE GONE AND STAYED 

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ETTA BAKER WAS BORN 
INTO A MUSICAL FAMILY 

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HER FATHER-- BOONE REED WAS
PART OF THE FIRST GENERATION 

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OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN SOUTHERN
APPALACHIA TO PLAY THE BLUES 

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BOONE'S OWN FATHER 
WAS A BANJO PLAYER 

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AN INSTRUMENT 
ORIGINALLY FROM AFRICA 

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AND KNOWN AS "THE BANJAR" 

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THOSE MUSICAL TRADITIONS 
WERE PASSED ON TO ETTA 

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WHO BECAME PROFICIENT ON
FIDDLE, BANJO, AND PIANO 

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AS WELL AS THE INSTRUMENT 
SHE IS KNOWN FOR-- THE GUITAR 

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SHE GREW UP TO BE ONE OF 
THE BEST KNOWN STATESWOMEN 

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OF THE OLD-TIME, FINGER-PICKED
PIEDMONT BLUES STYLE 

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EARLY ON, THOUGH, 
FAMILY JAM SESSIONS 

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TOOK THE LIVING ROOM OVER 

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WITH NEIGHBORS DROPPING BY 
TO ADD TO THE RHYTHM SECTION 

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YOUNG ETTA CUT HER TEETH 
ON LOCAL DANCES, PARTIES 

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AND CORN SHUCKINGS 

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SHARING THE STAGE WITH 
OLDER SISTER-- CORA 

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AND HER GUIDING 
LIGHT-- HER FATHER 

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AS FAR BACK AS I REMEMBER 
IT'S JUST BEEN A HAPPY LIFE 

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THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD PLAY
TOGETHER WITH MY DAD AND MOTHER 

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"JOHN HENRY" IS A TUNE THAT MY
DAD WOULD PLAY AND TELL US ABOUT

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AND HE WOULD ALSO SING 
THE WORDS OF "JOHN HENRY" 

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AND A FEW YEARS AGO 
I WAS IN THE TUNNEL 

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IN, IN WHAT THEY CALL 
THE JOHN HENRY TUNNEL 

08:52.833 --> 08:56.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
AND I WAS JUST SO
HAPPY TO SEE THE PLACE 

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WHERE MY DAD HAD 
PLAYED, SUNG ABOUT 

09:00.900 --> 09:04.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND I PICKED UP SOME 
SPIKES IN THE TUNNEL 

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AND I REALLY TREASURE 
THOSE SPIKES 

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SO THIS IS THE TUNE
OF "JOHN HENRY" 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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(Playing "John Henry") 

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BESIDES THEIR COAL MINING,
THEIR RAILROADING, THEIR MUSIC 

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AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN APPALACHIA 

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ALSO CONTRIBUTED MANY 
OTHER INTERESTING PAGES 

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TO THE HISTORY OF THIS REGION 

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THESE FEW OLD LOGS 

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HERE AT THE ONCE WELL-KNOWN
SETTLEMENT OF COE RIDGE 

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IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY 

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ARE ABOUT ALL THAT REMAIN
OF THAT ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT 

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DR. LYNWOOD MONTELL OF 
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 

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THE AUTHOR OF
<i> THE SAGA OF COE RIDGE </i>

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TELLS US THAT THE 
INHABITANTS OF COE RIDGE 

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CARVED OUT THEIR 
OWN UNUSUAL PLACE 

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IN THE HISTORY OF THIS REGION 

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COE RIDGE WAS A BLACK COMMUNITY 

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THAT WAS FOUNDED 
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 

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NOW THE PEOPLE WHO 
FOUNDED THIS COMMUNITY 

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AND IT GOT TO BE UH, MAYBE
100 IN TOTAL POPULATION 

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THERE AT ONE TIME 

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BUT THE PEOPLE WHO FOUNDED THE
COMMUNITY WERE FORMER SLAVES 

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OF UH, WHAT THEY CALLED OR WHOM
THEY CALLED MASTER JOHN COE 

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AND THEN HIS SON JESSE COE,
THEN LATER OWNED THEM 

12:56.633 --> 12:58.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
JUST BEFORE THE 
CIVIL WAR WAS OVER 

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THEY WERE GRANTED LAND 

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BUT THEY ALSO PAID FOR SOME OF
THE LAND THROUGH BASKET MAKING 

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AND THINGS OF THIS SORT 

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BUT IT WAS UP IN 
THE HILL COUNTRY 

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IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND 
COUNTY, KENTUCKY 

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THEN IN THE, IN THE 
1930s, THEN AS I SAY 

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THEY BEGAN MAKING
MOONSHINE WHISKEY 

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AND THAT LASTED UNTIL 
THE EARLY 1950s 

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BUT WHILE MANY OF THEM WERE
MAKING MOONSHINE WHISKEY 

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AND SELLING IT 

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MANY OF THE OTHERS 
BEGAN MOVING NORTH 

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THEY SAW THAT ONE DAY 
LIFE WAS GOING TO CEASE 

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THERE IN THE UH, 
COE RIDGE SETTLEMENT 

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THEY ALSO CALLED IT ZTOWN 

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AND SO MANY OF THEM
DID MOVE TO THE NORTH 

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AND BY 1959, THE BEST
I COULD DETERMINE 

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THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT A
FAMILY LIVED THERE ON COE RIDGE 

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AND FROM THAT POINT IN TIME 

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IT WAS PRIMARILY OCCUPIED
BY ONE BLACK FELLOW 

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FUZZY ANDERS 

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I CAN REMEMBER BACK IN MY
YOUNGER DAYS IN TELEVISION 

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COMING HERE TO COE RIDGE 

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PROBABLY 1976 OR 1977 

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WITH WILLIAM "BIG SIX"
HENDERSON 

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THE FAMOUS OLD REVENUE MAN 

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WHO HAD CAUGHT FUZZY FOR
MOONSHINING SEVERAL TIMES 

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AND IN FACT HAD EVEN 
SENT HIM TO PRISON 

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WE FOUND FUZZY THAT DAY STANDING
ON THE CORNER OF HIS PORCH 

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WITH NO SHIRT ON AND NO SHOES 

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HIS HOUSE IS NOW A PILE 
OF RUBBLE, IT BURNED 

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FUZZY DIED IN 1997 

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BUT THAT DAY, THAT SUMMER DAY 

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WHEN WE ALL VISITED 
TOGETHER HERE 

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FUZZY TOOK US OVER THE 
PATHS BACK THROUGH HERE 

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WHERE HE LED THE REVENUE
MAN ON A MERRY CHASE 

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YEARS BEFORE 

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MOONSHINE, WHITE LIGHTNING 

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MILLIONS OF GALLONS 
OF THIS STUFF 

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USED TO FLOW OUT OF THE HILLS OF
KENTUCKY, INDIANA AND TENNESSEE 

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HOW YOU DOING, 
BIG SIX? 

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FINE, HOW 
YOU BEEN? 

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OKAY 

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GOOD TO SEE YOU, BEEN A LONG
TIME SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU 

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I TELL YOU WHAT,
BIG SIX DONE, BOY 

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HE WIPED THEM ALL 
OUT BUT FUZZ 

15:04.233 --> 15:06.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
AND HE TRIED, HE TRIED TO GET
HIM OUT, BUT HE DIDN'T DO IT 

15:07.300 --> 15:09.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
WE BUSTED SEVEN
STILLS ONE DAY 

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ON MARCH 22 

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THAT IS RIGHT 

15:12.333 --> 15:15.133 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:40%
I TELL YOU WHAT 
YOU DONE, BIG SIX 

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YOU WIPED THE 
COE RIDGE OUT 

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YOU DID 

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HE KNEW THIS COUNTRY 

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AT LEAST JUST LIKE TODAY 

15:20.566 --> 15:22.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
HE COULD STILL RUN 
LIKE A DEER, I IMAGINE 

15:22.833 --> 15:24.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
BECAUSE HE'S BAREFOOTED 

15:24.166 --> 15:26.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40%
FUZZY, WERE YOU 
REALLY THAT FAST? 

15:26.566 --> 15:27.866 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:15%
I WAS 

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YOU KNOW, THAT'S A JOKE,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU 

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A RABBIT JUMP, A RABBIT JUMP
UP, HE BETTER GET OUT OF MY WAY 

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I NEVER SAW FUZZY ANDERS AGAIN
AFTER THAT SUMMER AFTERNOON 

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IN THE 1970s 

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HIS FRIENDS SAY THAT FOR SEVERAL
YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN 1997 

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HE SAT WITH HIS CHIN 
IN THE WINDOW SO MUCH 

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WATCHING THE ROAD 

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THAT HE ACTUALLY WORE A LITTLE
CUP OUT IN THE WINDOW SILL 

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FUZZY LIES IN THE OLD CEMETERY
JUST UP THE ROAD NOW 

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WITH MANY OF HIS
KINFOLKS AND FRIENDS 

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FROM COE RIDGE 

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DESCENDANTS OF THOSE ORIGINAL
INHABITANTS OF COE RIDGE 

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HAVE NOW SPREAD ALL 
OVER THE UNITED STATES 

16:10.566 --> 16:12.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
BUT THE REVEREND FLOYD
ANDERS OF BOWLING GREEN 

16:12.766 --> 16:16.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
SAYS THAT HE AND THE HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS WHO HAVE ROOTS HERE 

16:16.166 --> 16:18.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN 
WHERE THEY COME FROM 

16:18.700 --> 16:20.566 align:start position:20% line:10% size:65%
AND I WOULD NEVER FORGET 
THE DAY WE BURIED HIM 

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THAT UH, AS THE FUNERAL SESSION
WAS GOING TO THE CEMETERY 

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THEY KIND OF PAUSED 

16:26.300 --> 16:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
THAT THE HEARSE PAUSED BY 
HIS HOUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES 

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AND WE ALL SAT THERE 

16:29.433 --> 16:31.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT 

16:31.500 --> 16:33.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
WE JUST WENT ON AROUND
TO THE CEMETERY 

16:33.500 --> 16:34.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
TO PUT HIM TO HIS 
FINAL RESTING PLACE 

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AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT 
HE SHOULD EVER BE FORGOTTEN 

16:37.500 --> 16:41.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
WHEN THE HISTORY IS TOLD
BECAUSE HE WAS THE LAST 

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THE VERY LAST DESCENDENT OF THE
IND- PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE 

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ON THE COE RIDGE 

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AND WE APPRECIATE HIM TO THE DAY
AND UH, HE'S PART OF MY HERITAGE

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AND, AND I LOVE ALL MY PEOPLE 

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HE, HE LOVED HIS FOLKS 
AND I LOVE ALL MY PEOPLE 

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THOSE I KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW 

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BECAUSE SEE, THE BLOOD 
RUNS LIKE A RIVER 

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IT RUNS DEEP AND IT RUNS WIDE 

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DOROTHY FOUNTAIN SPENT
HER YOUNGER CHILDHOOD 

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RIGHT HERE IN LYNCH, KENTUCKY 

17:09.566 --> 17:11.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
SOME OF HER RELATIVES 
PROBABLY WORKED HERE 

17:11.633 --> 17:14.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AT THE OLD U.S. STEEL 
MINE NUMBER 30 

17:14.566 --> 17:18.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
THEN DOROTHY WAS UPROOTED AND
MOVED NORTHWARD TO MICHIGAN 

17:18.100 --> 17:20.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
BUT LIKE SO MANY 
OF US WHO MOVE AWAY 

17:20.566 --> 17:21.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
THIS COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER

17:22.033 --> 17:24.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
NEVER COULD QUITE GET 
KENTUCKY OUT OF HER SYSTEM 

17:24.700 --> 17:27.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND SHE'S SINCE MOVED 
BACK HOME TO LYNCH 

17:27.966 --> 17:30.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:65%
I HAVE A UNCLE THAT'S 83 

17:30.566 --> 17:32.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
HE TURNED 83 THIS YEAR 

17:32.100 --> 17:34.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
AND HE'S A RETIRED COAL MINER 

17:34.766 --> 17:37.733 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55%
THERE'S STORIES THAT 
HE'D TELL ME THAT 

17:37.833 --> 17:41.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80%
IF I LEFT I, I WOULD LOSE THEM 

17:41.500 --> 17:45.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
AND THE OTHER DAY HE WAS
TELLING ME SOME STORIES 

17:45.900 --> 17:50.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
AND HE MENTIONED THE UH, UH, HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMPANY 

17:50.633 --> 17:55.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
AND HOW IT WAS BACK IN 
THE '30s AND THE '40s 

17:55.966 --> 17:58.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
YOU KNOW, UP HERE 
IN THE MOUNTAINS 

17:58.200 --> 18:02.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
AND HE BEGAN TO TELL ME ABOUT
THE UH, SHACK WRESTLERS 

18:02.900 --> 18:04.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
AND I SAID, "WHAT
IS THAT?" YOU KNOW 

18:04.833 --> 18:08.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
AND HE SAYS, "WELL, THEY 
WERE THE COMPANY'S GUNMEN" 

18:08.433 --> 18:10.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
AND I SAYS, "THE 
COMPANY'S GUNMEN?" 

18:10.566 --> 18:12.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
I SAID, "I NEVER HEARD THAT" 

18:12.566 --> 18:14.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
AND HE SAYS, "WELL, 
BACK THEN, YOU KNOW 

18:14.433 --> 18:15.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
"THE COMPANY OWNED THE HOUSE 

18:15.900 --> 18:16.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
"THEY OWNED THE LAND 

18:17.033 --> 18:18.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35%
THEY OWNED THE
BUSINESS, YOU KNOW" 

18:18.966 --> 18:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
AND HE SAYS, "IF YOU DIDN'T 
GET UP TO GO TO WORK 

18:21.900 --> 18:24.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
"THEY WOULD SEND THE GUNMEN, 
THE SHACK WRESTLERS 

18:24.833 --> 18:26.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:45%
"BY TO GET YOU UP 

18:26.900 --> 18:29.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
"AND YOU HAD TO GO TO WORK 

18:29.233 --> 18:32.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
IF NOT, THEY WOULD SHIP 
YOU OUT OF HERE, YEAH."

18:32.700 --> 18:37.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
SO IT'S STORIES LIKE THAT AND
HOW UH, IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY 

18:37.700 --> 18:39.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
THAT THEY HAD DUKE ELLINGTON

18:39.966 --> 18:44.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
AND ELLA FITZGERALD 
AND MAHALIA JACKSON 

18:44.166 --> 18:47.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAY,
THEY WERE RIGHT HERE 

18:47.166 --> 18:50.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
RIGHT OVER AT THE 
SCHOOLHOUSE, YOU KNOW 

18:50.500 --> 18:51.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
WE HAD ALL OF THAT 

18:54.566 --> 18:57.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:65%
♪ I TOLD A COAL MINER ♪ 

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♪ YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SAFE ♪ 

19:02.300 --> 19:09.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
♪ DESCENDING INTO 
SUCH AN AWFUL PLACE ♪ 

19:09.633 --> 19:12.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
♪ HE SMILED AT ME ♪ 

19:12.966 --> 19:16.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
♪ IT'S NO DISGRACE ♪ 

19:16.966 --> 19:23.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
♪ IT'S BETTER FOR DIRT TO FALL
THAN BE THROWN IN YOUR FACE ♪ 

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♪ OH, A COAL MINER'S COURAGE ♪ 

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♪ IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE ♪ 

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♪ WATCHING OUT FOR EACH OTHER 

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♪ IS WHAT THEY WILL DO ♪ 

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♪ KNOWING THE DANGER 
THAT'S WAITING FOR YOU ♪ 

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♪ A COAL MINER'S COURAGE ♪ 

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♪ IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE ♪ 

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COAL COMPANY EMPLOYMENT
RECRUITERS 

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SCOURED THE SOUTHERN
STATES LOOKING FOR WORKERS 

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THEN THEY FURNISHED 
FREE TRANSPORTATION 
FOR THOSE WORKERS 

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BACK HERE TO APPALACHIA 

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ONE OF THE OTHER LABOR INTENSIVE
JOBS BACK THEN WAS RAILROADING 

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LAYING TRACKS AND 
BUILDING TUNNELS 

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THROUGH IMMOVABLE MOUNTAINS 

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GAVE RISE TO THE LIKES OF 
THE LEGENDARY JOHN HENRY 

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THE BUCKINGHAM LINING BAR GANG

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RECREATES A WORKING 
RAILROAD CREW 

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SINGING WHILE THEY WORK TO THE
CADENCE OF THEIR WORK SONGS 

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AS THEY FORCE STEEL 
TRACKS INTO ALIGNMENT 

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AND DRIVE RAIL SPIKES WITH THE
USE OF OLD HAND FORGED TOOLS 

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JOHN HENRY LIVES ON 

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JOHN HENRY, UH, HE
WAS A STEEL DRIVING MAN 

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AND HE WAS, HE COULD HE 
WOULD REALLY DRIVE STEEL 

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AND THEN THEY COME UP 
WITH A STEAM DRILL 

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AND JOHN HENRY LOOKED
AT THAT THING 

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HE SAID, "I THINK I CAN 
BEAT THAT DRILL DOWN" 

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AND JOHN HENRY TOOK THAT HAMMER 

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AND DROVE THAT THING RIGHT
ON... HE HAS KEPT ON... 

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HE GOT SO HOT UNTIL 
HE JUST FELL DEAD 

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AND JOHN HENRY HAD A WOMAN 

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SHE WAS GOING ON THE 
GROUND, THE TRACKS 

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HE SAID, "WHERE YOU GOING?" 

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I'M GOING TO WATCH, SEE 
MY STEEL DRIVING MAN 

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AND ALL SHE COULD HEAR WAS 
THE SOUND OF THE HAMMER 

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PING, PECK, PING, PECK, PING 

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SHE HADN'T GOT AROUND THE 
CURVE WHERE SHE COULD SEE HIM 

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AND SHE'D GO AND SEE 
HIM, CARRY HIM DINNER 

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AND UH, SEE HIM, WATCH 
HIM DRIVE THAT STEEL 

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HE JUST DROVE THAT STEEL 

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AND UP ON TOP OF 
THE UH, MOUNTAIN 

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OVER THERE IS A STATUE NOW 

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JOHN HENRY 

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STEEL DRIVING MAN 

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WHAT ARE YOU 
GOING TO SAY? 

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WHAT ARE YOU 
GOING TO SAY?

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THE REASON I 
LOVE MY BABY SO 

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WHY? 

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MAKE FIVE DOLLARS, 
GIVE ME FOUR 

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♪ REASON I LOVE MY BABY SO ♪ 

21:41.966 --> 21:43.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
♪ MAKE FIVE DOLLARS
GIVE ME FOUR ♪ 

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♪ THE REASON I LOVE MY BABY SO 

21:46.766 --> 21:49.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
♪ MAKE FIVE DOLLARS, 
SHE GAVE ME FOUR ♪ 

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♪ OH, YEAH ♪ 

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♪ MOVE ON DOWN THE LINE ♪ 

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♪ SAY IT AGAIN, MAN ♪ 

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WHAT ARE YOU 
GOING TO SAY? 

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WHAT ARE YOU 
GOING TO SAY?

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♪ WHAT DID THE ROOSTER 
SAY TO THE HEN? ♪ 

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♪ WHAT'D HE SAY? ♪ 

22:00.900 --> 22:02.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
♪ MEET AT THE BARNYARD, 
HALF PAST TEN ♪ 

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♪ WHAT DID THE ROOSTER 
SAY TO THE HEN? ♪ 

22:04.500 --> 22:06.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
♪ MEET ME AT THE
BARNYARD HALF PAST TEN ♪ 

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♪ WHAT DID THE ROOSTER 
SAY TO THE HEN? ♪ 

22:09.233 --> 22:11.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
♪ MEET ME AT THE BARNYARD
HALF PAST TEN ♪ 

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♪ OH, YEAH ♪ 

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LOOK A HERE, BOYS GET TOGETHER 

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GET TOGETHER 

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ALL RIGHT 

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WELL, BOY, HERE ME SAY 

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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? 

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♪ WAS HUGGING A GAL ♪ 

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♪ WAS LONG AND TALL ♪ 

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♪ SLEEPS IN THE KITCHEN ♪ 

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♪ BUT HER FEET ARE IN THE HALL ♪

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YEAH! 

22:26.200 --> 22:27.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
♪ I GOT A GAL, 
SHE'S LONG AND TALL ♪ 

22:27.833 --> 22:29.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
♪ SHE SLEEPS IN THE KITCHEN
WITH HER FEET IN THE HALL ♪ 

22:29.766 --> 22:31.000 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:45%
♪ I GOT A GAL ♪ 

22:31.100 --> 22:32.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
♪ LONG AND TALL ♪ 

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♪ SLEEPS IN THE KITCHEN ♪ 

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♪ FEET IN THE HALL ♪ 

22:35.166 --> 22:37.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
♪ HEY, BOYS, LET ME TELL YOU ♪ 

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LET ME TELL 

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ALL RIGHT 

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♪ I SAID A ONE-EYED WOMAN ♪ 

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YEAH 

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♪ AND A THREE-LEGGED DOG ♪ 

22:44.833 --> 22:46.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
♪ TRYING TO CROSS THE 
RIVER ON A SLIPPERY LOG ♪ 

22:47.033 --> 22:49.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
♪ ONE-EYED WOMAN AND 
A THREE-LEGGED DOG ♪ 

22:49.566 --> 22:51.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
♪ TRYING TO CROSS THE 
RIVER ON A SLIPPERY LOG ♪ 

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♪ ONE-EYED WOMAN ♪ 

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♪ THREE-LEGGED DOG ♪ 

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♪ TRYING TO CROSS THE RIVER ♪ 

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♪ ON A SLIPPERY LOG ♪ 

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WELL, OH YEAH 

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ACCORDING TO RESEARCHER 
LEWIS CHAPEL'S 1953 BOOK 

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<i> JOHN HENRY: A FOLKLORE STUDY </i>

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JOHN HENRY WORKED FOR THE C &amp; O
RAILROAD BACK IN THE EARLY 1870s

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HE DROVE STEEL DRILLS BY HAND 

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INSIDE A 6,500 FOOT 
LONG RAILROAD TUNNEL 

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A WHOLE LOT LIKE THIS ONE

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DRIVING STEEL DRILLS BY HAND
UNDERGROUND INTO SOLID ROCK 

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WAS DANGEROUS BUSINESS 

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REPORTEDLY ONE IN EVERY 
FIVE MEN WERE KILLED 

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WHEN ROCK CRUSHED DOWN UPON THEM

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FOLKLORE HAS IT THAT JOHN HENRY
MOST LIKELY DIED THIS SAME WAY 

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IN HIS RACE AGAINST 
THE STEAM DRILL 

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HE WON THAT RACE, THEY SAY 

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AND IN SO DOING, MADE 
HIS NAME A STANDOUT 

23:42.366 --> 23:45.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
AMONG AMERICA'S 
AUTHENTIC FOLK HEROES 

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THOUGH NO LONGER IN USE 

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THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN TUNNEL
IN WHICH HE SUPPOSEDLY DIED 

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STILL STANDS AS A TESTAMENT 
TO THE BRAVE MEN 

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WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 

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HELPING BUILD A NATION 
ONE BRIDGE, ONE TUNNEL 

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ONE RAIL AT A TIME 

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WE'RE GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US
TONIGHT FOR THIS LOOK BACK 

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AT SOME OF APPALACHIA'S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PIONEERS 

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UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOOD NIGHT 

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[Closed captioning
by the KET Caption Center]

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[was made possible by a grant]

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[from the Honorable Order 
of Kentucky Colonels] 

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[and in part by a grant from 
The Lexington Lions Club]

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[and a gift from the
Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E.
Deutsch Foundation]