Record #:

36035

Author(s):

Davis, Amy

Abstract:

The Theta Pi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at UNC Chapel Hill, along with other African American organizations, uses stepping as a creative vehicle that helped to define group image through words and movement.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996, p82-95, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Greek letter societies; African American women; Dancers--Chapel Hill

Record #:

36037

Author(s):

Rouverol, Alicia J.

Abstract:

Stepping is an African American dance and performance tradition unique to African American Greek communities. Dating back to the 1930s, it developed from pledges marching in line as part of their initiation into the Greek organizations. Creating step routines parallels the important African American feature of songs, which is lyric sampling. Like lyric sampling, new stepping pieces are created by borrowing pieces of other routines and making improvisations.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996, p96-108, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women dancers; Television programs for children; African American women

Record #:

36038

Author(s):

Yarger, Lisa

Abstract:

Explanations for stepping from students often connect the tradition to African dance forms, and they reflect an Afrocentric perspective that combines a deep pride in African roots with a desire to recognize elements of American culture as African-based.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996, p109-119 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American women artists--Henderson; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dancers--Chapel Hill

Record #:

36040

Author(s):

Bailey, James A.

Abstract:

After three bags containing items of Afro-Cuban religious and cult origins washed up on a beach, the author was contacted to decipher the meanings. Most objects were associated with Santeria, and some from Palo Mayombe. They are both religious cults which began in the Caribbean as a result of blending different aspects from two or more religious systems over a period of time. Santeria is a combination of Yoruba, a Nigerian tribe, and Cuban Catholicism. Palo Mayombe came from Bantu peoples and Catholicism, but focuses on performing magic hoping to cause misfortune or death to their enemies.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996, p128-141 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavery; Religion--Integration

Record #:

36042

Author(s):

Criswell, Stephen E.; McCluney-Criswell, Samantha

Abstract:

Lincoln Academy, located in Gastonia, NC, was one of the first accredited African American high schools. The school closed in the 1950s and fell into disrepair and became a hub for teenagers. When the body of a teenage girl was found there, rumors and legends started up associated with the murder.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996, p160-176 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Education--African Americans; School buildings; Ghost stories; Murder

Record #:

36087

Author(s):

Gardner, Perry

Abstract:

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Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 48 Issue 1-2, 2001, p15-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Art and industry; Artists; Sculpture

Record #:

36316

Author(s):

Jones, Alice Eley

Abstract:

In West African building folklore has been discovered in several North Carolinian structures. West African spiritualism was a vital component of a slave’s personal history and character.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p79-95 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Spiritualism; Slavery; Architecture; Artists

Record #:

36317

Author(s):

Abstract:

The index provides research access to 37 years of the NC Folklore Journal, to the content and authorship of 958 items published between 1961 and 1998.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 46 Issue 1-2, 1999, p1-104, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

index

Record #:

36318

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Because of a resurgence of interest in the topic, this article was reprinted from an earlier journal (See 19.4 1971:160-172).

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p96-110 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Christmas; African Americans--Social life and customs--Christmas; Masks

Record #:

36319

Author(s):

Werthwein, Linda

Abstract:

John Kooner signifies the connection between Africa and the shore that African slaves landed on. The masked tradition remains a tribute to African-European-American Indian-Caribbean peoples.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p111-118 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African Americans--Social life and customs--Christmas; Traditions--North Carolina, Coastal; Masks; African Americans--Social life and customs; African tradition--John Kooner--Christmas

Record #:

36320

Author(s):

Sutton, Laura E.

Abstract:

A local adaptation of the vanishing hitchhiker ghost story from Guilford County, N.C. The ghost is named Lydia, and she haunts the road underneath Jamestown Bridge, trying to hitch a ride with passing motorists. Lydia’s origin story has several variations, all having to do with a car accident near the bridge: either she was on the way to a high school dance and her car wrecked, or she committed suicide at the bridge where her decreased boyfriend had been in an accident and died. The bridge underpass is now covered in various graffiti, some of which pertain to Lydia.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p135-151 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ghost stories; Ghosts

Record #:

36322

Author(s):

Reuning, Sarah

Abstract:

A wedding dress, purchased in 1940, was worn by several generations of Ergenbright women, from the grandmothers wedding in 1941 to the authors wedding in 1997. Each woman kept the dress fundamentally the same, making only minor changes for sizing and style. The dress conveyed familial love and sentimentality.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p135-151 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Weddings; Clothing and dress--Social aspects

Record #:

36323

Author(s):

Mansfield, Bill

Abstract:

Fascinated with music as a child, David Harrell made a barn to provide a hospitable meeting place where musicians can maintain and add to their musical skill, as well as act as a social gathering.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p170-171 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Community Traditions Award--NC Folklore Journal; Music venues

Record #:

36324

Author(s):

Zug, Charles G., III; McGowan, Thomas

Abstract:

The Huffmans are collectors of folk art who bring important appreciations, interactions, and study that go beyond simple acquisition.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p179-181 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown-Hudson Folklore Award; Folk artists

Record #:

36325

Author(s):

Yarger, Lisa; Lau, Barbara

Abstract:

Ms. Peterson has gained the Brown Hudson Award for her contribution to folkloric exhibitions.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 47 Issue 2, Mid-Winter 2000, p183-185 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown-Hudson Folklore Award; Folklorists--Women