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Sandy with a copy of the book, "Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community"

Roberta Jackson holding a copy of the book, "Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community"

Cover of "Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community"

An image containing a collage of photographs related to the Junaluska community.

Numbered parcels indicate land owned by black members of the community, as identified by Virgil Greer in 1998.

The Mennonite faith stresses the value of non-violence and for that reason, some members of the church did not serve during World War II; however, there were still men in Junaluska (and a few from the church) that entered the military. Some of these…