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Sunburst's Forgotten African-Americans


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Beneath the placid waters of a small Haywood County lake lies what’s left of a century-old logging camp. Although Sunburst’s history is well-documented, there’s very little available about the African-Americans who labored there under relative equality during the Jim Crow era. Just outside the community of Bethel in rural southeastern Haywood County, sits Lake Logan. It’s now home to an Episcopalian conference center as well as the Cold Mountain Music Festival.
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