“Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who felt the anguish of the poor. He was an orator of excellence who spoke for the voiceless. He was a son of Harvard who reached out to the sons and daughters of Appalachia. He was a man of special grace who had a special care for the retarded and handicapped. He was a hero of war who fought hardest for peace. He said and proved in word and deed that one man can make a difference.” MenSaidWarCareRememberPoliticsFeltPresidentDifferencesWealthPoorGraceSpecialSonHeroPoliticianJudgmentDaughterExcellenceDeedsHardestMaking A DifferenceSpokesOne ManHistorianAnguishHarvardHeirsRetardedOratorsSon And DaughterVoicelessHandicappedAppalachiaPresident Kennedy Author:Edward Kennedy
“Appalachia is still, for American musicians, a kind of fountain of youth we always go back to, the old home place to a group of artists who represent the quintessence of American independence, fortitude, genius, and madness.” KindStillsHomeArtistMusicGroupsYouthGeniusMusicianMadnessIndependenceFountainFortitudeQuintessenceAppalachiaFountain Of YouthHome PlaceGenius And Madness Author:Paul Burch
“Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to represent poverty, even though poverty exists all over the country, and exists as much in urban areas as it does in rural, if not more.” IfsWantDoeCountryNationsPovertyRichAreasAshamedUrbanAppalachiaUrban Areas Author:Silas House
“I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.” KnowsWritingWould BeFolksObviousAmerican MusicAppalachia Author:Carlisle Floyd
“We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.” RoomsAreasAfrican AmericanIndianExhibitsAmerican IndianAppalachiaHaitian Author:Katherine Dunham
“I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.” HoursSimpleEmotionalResearchFolksGrandfatherMy GrandfatherFolk MusicAppalachiaFiddlers Author:Renee Fleming
“While writing Cold Mountain, I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North Carolina. Overlaying it, though, was an imagined map of the landscape Jack travels in the southern Appalachian folktales. He's much the same Jack who climbs the beanstalk, vulnerable and clever and opportunistic.” WorldWritingMindTwoColdMountainCleverVulnerableLandscapeClimbsMapsSouthernGeographyCarolinaNorth CarolinaTwo WorldsAppalachiaFolktalesCold Mountain Author:Charles Frazier
“For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.” JobsGoneIndustryCoalAppalachia Author:Jeff Goodell