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Film, Video Bourgeois Town: Lead Belly in Washington DC

Event video

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Title

  • Bourgeois Town: Lead Belly in Washington DC

Summary

  • To celebrate the 125th birthday of the legendary folk singer Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, Todd Harvey interviews Lead Belly family members Terika Dean and Alvin Singh on their famous relative, his contributions to American culture and world music and an overview of the significant Lead Belly materials in the Center's archive.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-04-24.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  folk music, folklife, Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Todd Harvey, Terika Dean, Alvin Singh.
  • -  Recorded on 2015-04-24.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689735

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Bourgeois Town: Lead Belly in Washington DC. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-24, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689735/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2015) Bourgeois Town: Lead Belly in Washington DC. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689735/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Bourgeois Town: Lead Belly in Washington DC. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-24, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689735/>.