Record #:

16451

Author(s):

Crawford, Portia Naomi

Abstract:

In the early years of the 20th-century, America experienced an upsurge of interest in the collecting and preserving of folk songs. Not least among the interests of collectors were the songs of minority groups, chief among whom were Southern African Americans.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Oct 1968, p67-139 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk songs--African American