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Georgia Sea Island Singers performing slave songs and spirituals at John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida.

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FS9545

Photographer

Hansen, Gregory, Collector.

Date

1992

Date Note

Photographed in January 1992.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Folk Arts in Education : Duval County - 1992; no 66

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

L-R: Frankie and Douglas Quimby.

Georgia Sea Island Singers performing slave songs and spirituals at John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida.

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Georgia Sea Island Singers performing slave songs and spirituals at John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida.

Subject

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Musical traditions

Ethnicity, African American

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Black spirituals

Sacred music

Protest songs

Slavery songs

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Musical traditions, Sacred

Entertainers

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Performing arts--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Music--Performance

Musical instruments

Percussion instruments

Tambourine

Songs

Spirituals (Songs)

Musical groups--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Microphone

Singing

African American singers--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

African American musicians--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

African American entertainers--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

African Americans

Gullahs

African Americans--Music

Creator

Hansen, Gregory, Collector.

Date

1992

Identifier

FS9545

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in January 1992.

Geographic Term

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Folk Arts in Education : Duval County - 1992; no 66

General Note

L-R: Frankie and Douglas Quimby.

Subject - Person

Quimby, Douglas

Quimby, Frankie, 1937-

Subject - Corporate

Georgia Sea Island Singers.

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

Duval County Folk Arts in Education.

John E. Ford Elementary School (Jacksonville, Fla.)

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Hansen, Gregory, Collector. Georgia Sea Island Singers performing slave songs and spirituals at John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida. 1992. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/124004>, accessed 3 December 2024.

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Hansen, Gregory, Collector. Georgia Sea Island Singers performing slave songs and spirituals at John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida. 1992. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/124004>

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(State Archives of Florida/Hansen)

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