Play a game of word association with the average American.

Say "banjo".

Chances are, a great many would reply with words like "hillbilly" or "redneck".

Some might venture to mention bluegrass music.

How did a musical instrument which started off hundreds of years ago in Africa end-up becoming a symbol of "white" American music culture?

And what if some of the earliest people of non-African ancestry to take-up the banjo were actually...Appalachian Jews?

Join us for another winding trek through the hidden history of heartland America.

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