African American women artists; Poetry--Social aspects; Music--Social aspects; Art--Social aspects;Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the Rainbow is enuf.; Walker, Kara Elizabeth. Gone.; India.Arie. Video.;...
The creative expressions of three black women artists--Ntozake Shange, Kara Walker, and India. Arie--are explored using optimal consciousness-an Afrocentric framework by Linda James Myers. This concept advocates that the role of the artist is to...
Baskets; Bonnets; Shawls; Women; Costumes--United States
Trixy Bell, Jean Thomas' sister, stands outdoors behind a chair holding a basket, wearing a long dress with a bonnet and shawl, and poses with hand cupping her ear. She is probably costumed as a performer at the American Folk Song Festival [held at...
Trixy Bell, Jean Thomas' sister, stands outdoors behind a chair holding a basket, wearing a long dress with a bonnet and shawl and holding a corncob pipe. She is probably costumed as a performer at the American Folk Song Festival [held at the...
Billboards; Signs (Notices); Men; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
Two men with guitars flank a large sign reading: "American Folk Song Festival / June 11th / [arrow pointing to the right] / U.S. 23 / Traipsin' Woman Cabin / Jean Thomas, Director." Title supplied by cataloger.
Ornamental frame with decorative elements of nature. The frame contains the text "Who loves Not Woman, Wine & Song, a Fool remains his whole life long" followed by the phrase "Ex Libris." At the bottom is the name "H....
Boys; Banners; Cliffs; American Folk Song Festival
Three boys hold a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs" over a cliff. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at the first American...
Boys; Banners; Girls; Hills; American Folk Song Festival
Three boys and a girl stand on a hillside holding a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at...
Two boys stand on a hillside holding a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at the first...
Boys; Girls; Baskets; Bonnets; Costumes--United States; Stringed instruments; Mandolins; Guitars; Fences; American Folk Song Festival
A boy, wearing overalls with a straw hat on his knee, plays guitar while leaning on a split-rail fence with a basket at his feet. A girl, standing next to him, plays mandolin while wearing a calico dress with a bonnet hung on her arm. They are...
Boys; Girls; Baskets; Costumes--United States; Bonnets; Stringed instruments; Mandolins; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
A girl, wearing a calico dress, holds a bonnet and a mandolin, and a boy, wearing overalls and a straw hat, holds a basket and a guitar. They are standing in a field. The children's roles in the American Folk Song Festival ('Little Chad' and...
Boys; Girls; Log cabins; Baskets; Costumes--United States; Bonnets; Stringed instruments; Mandolins; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
A girl, wearing a calico dress, with a bonnet hanging next to her, plays the mandolin, and a boy, barefoot and wearing overalls and a straw hat, plays guitar. They are sitting outside a log cabin, probably the Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo...
Boys; Girls; Log cabins; Baskets; Costumes--United States; Bonnets; Stringed instruments; Mandolins; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
A girl, wearing a calico dress, with a bonnet hanging next to her, plays the mandolin, and a boy, barefoot and wearing overalls and a straw hat, plays guitar. They are sitting outside a log cabin, probably the Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo...
Boys; Stringed instruments; Guitars; Fences; Baskets; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A boy identified as "Little Chad," wearing overalls, plays guitar while sitting on a split-rail fence surrounded by trees and plants, with a basket at his feet. "Little Chad" has been named after a child Jean Thomas met at the...
Blanche Preston Jones plays Appalachian dulcimer alongside young boy and young girl in bonnet, who plays concertina. The children are Blanche's son and daughter, Thomas ("Buddy") and Hope Jones. This performance takes place next to log...
Blanche Preston Jones and a boy pose in wooded area (possibly Mayo Trail near Traipsin' Woman Cabin, Boyd County, Kentucky) in period attire, possibly as part of the American Folk Song Festival. Jones is said to be a descendant of Lady Elizabeth...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
On back of image: "My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, Where Foster Wrote Song." Federal Hill, a two-story brick Greek Revival mansion with shutters and white curtains in every window and a flat roof with two chimneys, was the estate of the...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
On back of image: "My Old Kentucky Home, Federal Hill." Entrance hall of Federal Hill, the Bardstown, Kentucky, estate of the Rowan family, whose cousin, Stephen Foster, composed "My Old Kentucky Home." Federal Hill Mansion, on...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
Parlor musicians at Federal Hill. On back of image: "Bardstown Ky. My Old Ky. Home. July 1933. Singing Foster songs." A man wearing a tuxedo plays piano, a woman plays harp, and four other women gather around listening at Federal Hill...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
At Federal Hill, also known as "My Old Kentucky Home" in Bardstown, Kentucky, an overall-clad African American man plays guitar for a woman, seated on the ground in a long dress, while a man wearing a tuxedo and holding a top hat looks on...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
A gathering of spectators, mostly women, watches as a horse-drawn carriage with an African-American driver wearing a top hat and passengers in antebellum period costumes stops in front of Federal Hill mansion, also known as "My Old Kentucky...
