Appalachia: The Region and its People
CSEGA: Marshall University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia
Appalachian Region Commission: government commission on Appalachia
Appalachian Trail Conservancy: home page of the Appalachian Trail
Foxfire.org:the group that creates the Foxfire books
Language
The dialect of the Appalachian People: online article from West Virginia History
Southern Appalachian English: website from the University of South Carolina on and about Appalachian English; check out the bibliography!
DARE Language Distribution Maps: in color, these are the "regions" of American English as compiled in the Dictionary of American English; here, also is a list of linguistic regions each state is part of.
Uploaded to Youtube on Jan 28,2013 by bio. (BIO.com)
Video of a sound-check in Toronto by Sweet Honey in the Rock about two years ago. The song, "Wade in the Water" is a traditional spiritual. For more information about spirituals, see the below link:
NegroSpirituals.com: A website with a list of songs that are identified as spirituals, along with history and other useful information about the genre.
Poets.org: Website of the Academy of American Poets
Digital Collections from the Library of Congress: Browse historical collections on diverse topics, including African American History.
American Experience: Official website of the PBS history show; browse by topic, time period or simply watch the videos in order by air date.