Video Clips from the documentary: (requires Quicktime)

• Intro: Frank X Walker and Nikky Finny discuss the genesis of the term "Affrilachia"

• Kelly Norman Ellis reads "Raised by Women"

• Ricardo Nazario-Colon reads "We Raised You"

• Frank X Walker discusses the role of African Americans in Kentucky history

• Paul C. Taylor & Kelly Norman Ellis "The idea to call some one an Affrilachian instead of an Appalachian is the first step..."

• Mitchell L.H. Douglas reads "Cowboys"

• Paul C. Taylor reads "The Execution will not be Televised"

• Nikky Finny "we have been oppressed, we have been repressed, we have never been suppressed."

• Frank X Walker reads "Kentucke"

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