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Film, Video Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

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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

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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. Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-17, 2016. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690024/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2016) Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690024/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Daisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-17, 2016. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690024/>.