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Tag Archives: Library of Congress
Throwbacklist Thursday
in biography, music
Tagged Alan Lomax, American music, Bess Lomax Hawes, John Lomax, Library of Congress, music history, Nolan Porterfield, Patrick B. Mullen, Throwbacklist Thursday
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Last week the Library of Congress announced that it would offer an online archive of the collected papers of folklorist Alan Lomax and his family. This incredible resource will offer the field notes, logs and indexes related to these unparalleled collections, Alan’s … Continue reading
Living with Lynching on C-SPAN’s BookTV
in american history, American literature, author events, black studies, women's history
Tagged Koritha Mitchell, Library of Congress, Living with Lynching
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On Friday, March 14, 2014, Koritha Mitchell, author of Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930, spoke at the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress. At the event Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee presented the author with a … Continue reading
Living with Lynching author recognized by Congress
in american history, author events, black studies
Tagged Koritha Mitchell, Library of Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee
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On Friday, March 14, 2014, Koritha Mitchell, author of Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930, spoke at the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress. At the event Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee presented the author … Continue reading
Living with Lynching author to speak at Library of Congress
in american history, author events, black studies, literary studies, southern history, women's history
Tagged Koritha Mitchell, Library of Congress, Living with Lynching
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How did African Americans survive the period between 1890 and 1930 when mobs lynched members of their communities and proudly circulated pictures of the mutilated corpses? How did African Americans maintain a dignified sense of self when photographs of lynch … Continue reading
The Beautiful Music All Around Us awarded by ARSC
in authors, awards, folklore, music, southern history
Tagged ARSC, Library of Congress, Stephen Wade, The Beautiful Music All Around Us
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Stephen Wade’s book, The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience has been awarded Best History in the 2013 The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards for Excellence category of Best Research in Folk, World, … Continue reading