Complex sentence: The concept of Country shares a close history and relationship with the Culture of the Southern United States, yet the prior is often transcendent of the former; especially as a source of unity and empowerment of local, marginalized peoples removed from the dominant culture.
Split into simpler sentences: The concept of Country shares a close history and relationship with the Culture of the Southern United States, yet the prior is often transcendent of the former. Especially as an expression of unity and empowerment of local, marginalized peoples removed from the dominant culture.