Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Stetson Kennedy and "Building Democracy in America," 2005 May 24
Main title
- Stetson Kennedy and "Building Democracy in America," 2005 May 24 / Stetson Kennedy with Peggy Bulger ; sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
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Description
- 1 folder.
- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
- 1 sound cassette (60 min.) : analog.
- 1 video file (57 min.) : sound, color
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Local shelving no.
- AFC 2005/034
Variant title
- Added title from program flyer: Stetson Kennedy, his life and work as Florida folklorist, social activist and author
- Title from webcast video: Conversation with Stetson Kennedy
- Title from program flyer: Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture
- American Folklife Center lecture, 2005-05-24
Related names
Performer
- Stetson Kennedy, speaker; Peggy Bulger, speaker.
Summary
- Collection includes digital video and analog sound recording of the Stetson Kennedy and Peggy Bulger lecture and discussion; one black-and-white photograph of Stetson Kennedy seated at the base of a tree taken by Ivy Bigbee; and a program flyer for the event. Kennedy begins by discussing his memories of Benjamin Botkin, and collecting "folksay" and folklore idioms for the WPA folklore project. Kennedy discusses the WPA Federal Writers' Project in Florida where he worked with Zora Neale Hurston, and others in the 1930s; his infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during World War II; and his books on the Ku Klux Klan and race relations in the South. He also discusses his relationships and friendships with folklorists, writers, and others, including Richard Wright, Alan Lomax, and Woody Guthrie. The discussion concludes with a question and answer session, where Kennedy discusses the WPA former slave interviews.
LC Subjects
- Hurston, Zora Neale.
- Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
- Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
- Folklore--Florida.
- Folklorists--United States--Interviews.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African American authors--Anecdotes.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Interviews.
- United States--Race relations.
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Notes
- "Stetson Kennedy, folklorist, social activist, and author, in conversation with Peggy Bulger, Director of the American Folklife Center."
- Webcast of this event is available on the Library of Congress website, accessed June 21, 2007.
- Recorded in Room 119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 24, 2005 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Cite as
- Stetson Kennedy and "Building Democracy in America" Lecture (AFC 2005/034), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Series
- Benjamin Botkin lecture series.
LCCN
- 2007700222
Geographic area code
- n-us--- n-us-fl
Repository
- Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG31)