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==== Bibliography  ====
==== Bibliography  ====


*Kennedy, Robyn Vaughan. ''The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People.'' 180 pp.
Probably the best-known book concerned with this subject is N. Brent Kennedy, ''The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America''<br>


A very useful review of Kennedy's book was published in:  
Many have taken issue with Kennedy's conclusions, probably most notably Virginia Easley DeMarce:<br>


*DeMarce, Virginia Easley. "Review Essay: The Melungeons," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 84, No. 2 (June 1996):134-139. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng}}
DeMarce, Virginia Easley. "Review Essay: The Melungeons," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 84, No. 2 (June 1996):134-139. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng}}<br>


Dr. DeMarce, former President of the National Genealogical Society, casts serious doubt on some of Kennedy's conclusions. Other scholarly articles DeMarce has published on the subject&nbsp;include:
DeMarce, Virginia Easley. "Looking at Legends - Lumbee and Melungeon: Applied Genealogy and the Origins of Tri-racial Isolate Settlements," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 1 (March 1993):24-45. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng}}
 
*DeMarce, Virginia Easley. "Looking at Legends - Lumbee and Melungeon: Applied Genealogy and the Origins of Tri-racial Isolate Settlements," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 1 (March 1993):24-45. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng}}


==== Genealogy and History Websites  ====
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