Bessie Jones was an amazing African American gospel and folk singer; she grew up under a grandfather who was a former slave born in Africa and who taught her many songs (and African traditions).
One of the most gifted of the singing voices and of the oral historians of the Sea Islands of Georgia/South Carolina, she was credited with helping to bring folk songs, games, and stories to a wider audience in the 20th Century, using song and dance. Alan Lomax, on a field recording trip to the Sea Islands in 1959, said, “she was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her ‘The Mother of Courage of American Black Traditions.’”
Be ready to join in the discussion as we highlight Bessie Jones and her contributions to Negro Spirituals. Join us; bring the family and friends.
Friends of Negro Spirituals is a 501 (c) (3) organization.
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One of the most gifted of the singing voices and of the oral historians of the Sea Islands of Georgia/South Carolina, she was credited with helping to bring folk songs, games, and stories to a wider audience in the 20th Century, using song and dance. Alan Lomax, on a field recording trip to the Sea Islands in 1959, said, “she was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her ‘The Mother of Courage of American Black Traditions.’”
Be ready to join in the discussion as we highlight Bessie Jones and her contributions to Negro Spirituals. Join us; bring the family and friends.
Friends of Negro Spirituals is a 501 (c) (3) organization.
Bessie Jones was an amazing African American gospel and folk singer; she grew up under a grandfather who was a former slave born in Africa and who taught her many songs (and African traditions).
One of the most gifted of the singing voices and of the oral historians of the Sea Islands of Georgia/South Carolina, she was credited with helping to bring folk songs, games, and stories to a wider audience in the 20th Century, using song and dance. Alan Lomax, on a field recording trip to the Sea Islands in 1959, said, “she was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her ‘The Mother of Courage of American Black Traditions.’”
Be ready to join in the discussion as we highlight Bessie Jones and her contributions to Negro Spirituals. Join us; bring the family and friends.
Friends of Negro Spirituals is a 501 (c) (3) organization.
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One of the most gifted of the singing voices and of the oral historians of the Sea Islands of Georgia/South Carolina, she was credited with helping to bring folk songs, games, and stories to a wider audience in the 20th Century, using song and dance. Alan Lomax, on a field recording trip to the Sea Islands in 1959, said, “she was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her ‘The Mother of Courage of American Black Traditions.’”
Be ready to join in the discussion as we highlight Bessie Jones and her contributions to Negro Spirituals. Join us; bring the family and friends.
Friends of Negro Spirituals is a 501 (c) (3) organization.
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