"Hillbilly" defames the patriots of Appalachia
In my younger years, the preconceived notions attached to the accent made me work hard at not sounding like a hillbilly, or as I prefer to call us, "Appalachian Americans." Far too many false assumptions have been made and perpetuated based solely on …
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Hillbillies at the Bew Haus and a doc of shipyard history
It's White White World Week at Sugarloaf all week and the can't-miss event is the Hillbilly Ho-Down at Shipyard Brew Haus Tuesday starting at 9 pm Get your fill of bluegrass music with the Mill City Ramblers, coveralls, hay bales, plaid shirts and a …
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Chicago's Hillbilly Problem During the Great Migration
And the white Southerners who arrived at the same time provide a useful contrast, not least because they came to Chicago and other Midwestern cities—like Akron, the "capital of West Virginia"—along the Hillbilly Highway for similar reasons: the …
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