Film, Video Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga
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Title
- Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga
Summary
- Daisy Turner (1883-1988), born in Grafton, Vermont and the daughter of freed African American slaves, grew up listening to her father, Alec, tell stories of his family's heritage. Over the course of numerous interviews Daisy shared her own life story, one of discrimination, resilience and strength. This talk considers Daisy Turner's narrative in terms of memory and within a larger canvas of social, cultural and historical events.
Names
- Library of Congress
- American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2016-02-17.
Headings
- - African American, Slaves, Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series, Daisy Turner, African American Slaves, Saga
- - Biography, History
Notes
- - Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
- - Classification: History: America.
- - Jane Beck.
- - Recorded on 2016-02-17.
- - Researchers.
Medium
- 1 online resource
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021690024
Online Format
- video
- image
- online text