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ArticleMark of Zora Zora Neale Hurston smoking, Cross City turpentine camp, ca. 1939. Photograph by Stetson Kennedy, Stetson Kennedy Papers, reproduced with permission. Digital restoration by Ivy Bigbee. In 1896, the Supreme Court upheld a policy of strict racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson, which was not overturned until Brown v. the Board of Education in 1954. Blacks and whites could not even drink out of the… -
CollectionFlorida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections combines sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the Federal Writers' Project, and the Federal Music Project from 1937-42. This online presentation provides access to 376 sound recordings and 106 accompanying materials, including recording logs, transcripts, correspondence between Florida WPA workers…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 2000
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ArticleA Florida Treasure Hunt By Stetson Kennedy, (State Director, WPA Writers' Project, Folklore, Oral History, and Ethnic Studies, 1937-42)- Date: 1937
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialProposed Recording Expedition into the Floridas- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-05
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Audio RecordingDescription of lining track- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingHalimuhfack
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingMule on the Mount
Poor Lazarus | Hiking Jerry | Every Mail Day | Stewboy | Captain's Mule | Lord, Lord- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingLet's Shake It
Lining holler- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingDat Old Black Gal
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingUncle Bud
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingCrow Dance
Mama come see dat crow | The Crow- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingWake Up, Jacob
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingMama Don't Want No Peas, No Rice
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingGonna See My Long-Haired Babe
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingShove It Over
Can't You Line It? | Big Boy, Can't You Move 'em- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingPo' Gal
Po' Boy | East Coast Blues- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingOh, the Buford Boat Done Come
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingGeorgia Skin
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingTilly, Lend Me Your Pigeon
My Pigeon Gone Wild in the Bush- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingLet the Deal Go Down
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingEvalina
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Corse, Carita Doggett - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingOh Mr. Brown
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Corse, Carita Doggett - Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialTentative record check list, Southern Recording Expedition sponsored by Joint Committee on Folk Arts WPA and the Library of Congress, Herbert Halpert in charge, May 12 - June 30, 1939 excerpt- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert
- Date: 1939-06
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLetter from Carita Doggett Corse to Henry G. Alsberg, May 23, 1939- Contributor: Corse, Carita Doggett
- Date: 1939-05-23
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Web PageRelated Resources The following titles from the Florida WPA Collection have not been included in this online presentation: