Barracoon The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” told by Cudjo Lewis aged 95 former slave, Among last Africans transported to the …
Category: Anecdotes – Oral Tradition
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Laurence Sams, Remembering the real Sam the Can Man, Greensboro Tate Street legend, Simple hardworking man taught many lessons
Laurence Sams, Remembering the real Sam the Can Man, Greensboro Tate Street legend, Simple hardworking man taught many lessons I …
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Four nights drunk lyrics sung by Frank Proffitt, Jr. circa 1980, NC Visiting Artist performance, Song brought over from British Isles
Four nights drunk lyrics sung by Frank Proffitt, Jr. circa 1980, NC Visiting Artist performance, Song brought over from British …
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Frank Proffitt Jr obituary & music, Visiting artist performance at college circa 1980, Father’s part in Tom Dooley story, Friendly and down to earth
Frank Proffitt Jr obituary & music, Visiting artist performance at college circa 1980, Father’s part in Tom Dooley story, Friendly …
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NC Folk Festival, Downtown Greensboro, NC, September 8, 2018, Cabin Creek Boys old time music
NC Folk Festival, Downtown Greensboro, NC, September 8, 2018, Cabin Creek Boys old time music From a few minutes …
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Rhiannon Giddens, NC Folk Festival, Downtown Greensboro, String band music and history of black string band music
Rhiannon Giddens, NC Folk Festival, Downtown Greensboro, String band music and history of black string band music From Made in …
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John and Hezekiah Alexander House Charlotte, NC, John Wells my 5th great grandfather purchased 150 acres from John February 15, 1797, Chance meeting of descendants
John and Hezekiah Alexander House Charlotte, NC, John Wells my 5th great grandfather purchased 150 acres from John February 15, …
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John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, Founded by Olive Campbell and Marguerite Butler, UNC TV “Sing Behind The Plow”
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, Founded by Olive Campbell and Marguerite Butler, UNC TV “Sing Behind The Plow” …
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Martha Young author of “The Real Song of the South”, Collected folktales and living voices human and animal alike, Absorbed the speech its cadence and energy of black storytellers
Martha Young author of “The Real Song of the South”, Collected folktales and living voices human and animal alike, Absorbed …
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Jim Dodson “Last days of the yard king”, Growing up in Greensboro, NC 1968, Mowing lawns, Teaching Guitar, Terrace theater usher, O’Henry Magazine August 2018
Jim Dodson “Last days of the yard king”, Growing up in Greensboro, NC 1968, Mowing lawns, Teaching Guitar, Terrace theater usher, …