Preserving the Melungeon culture in Midwest Melungeon communities.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS community IS:
1.
to search for and reconnect descendants of Melungeon families that migrated to the Midwest region of the US during the Great Appalachian Migration along the "Hillbilly Highway."
2.
to rebuild a community of living descendants of all Melungeons who migrated along the "Hillbilly Highway" from Southern Appalachia to the Midwest United States.
3.
to document and preserve Melungeon culture and oral histories of the Melungeon families residing in the Midwest United States, primarily located in the Detroit region of Michigan.
