Sunburst Falls is beautiful to visit, but the town which it was named after gave African Americans of the early 1900's the opportunity to achieve the American Dream long before social justice came into play. Sadly, that town has been "washed" away in history.
Join Nature Photographer and Journalist Roger W. Downes as he talks with Smoky Mountain News Staff Writer and Contributor to Asheville's NPR Radio Blue Ridge Public Radio Cory Vaillancourt about the forgotten history of Sunburst, North Carolina.
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