Notes from the Field: Activism, Folklore Research, and Human Rights on the South Carolina Sea Islands in the 1960s

We were a group of Johns Islanders and culture workers in Washington, DC, seated around a group of tables, after attending the 1984 National Heritage Fellowships recognition ceremony. Ms. Janie Hunter, Moving Star Hall Singers, lifelong resident of Johns Island, South Carolina, stood up and broke in...

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1. Verfasser: Mary Twining Baird
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Zusammenfassung:We were a group of Johns Islanders and culture workers in Washington, DC, seated around a group of tables, after attending the 1984 National Heritage Fellowships recognition ceremony. Ms. Janie Hunter, Moving Star Hall Singers, lifelong resident of Johns Island, South Carolina, stood up and broke into song: “It is late in the evening and the sun is going down.” Her lovely minor-key song cut through the discussion that rankled among us. It was her gentle way of bringing us back to ourselves—a reminder that the important thing was that we respond to her call in African fashion, as
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv2n06j96.9