Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1960-1965 (FT-3526-3582 ; 3584-3633 ; 3636-3640).

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Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1960-1965 (FT-3526-3582 ; 3584-3633 ; 3636-3640).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27207279

Recordings of African American religious ceremonies from St. John's Island, S.C., as the Christmas Watch and the New Year's Watch, all-night church meetings held on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve in the community's "praise house", in which the congregation would take turns preaching, testifying, shouting, praying, and singing, as moved by the Holy Spirit. The tapes include religious songs, hymns, preaching, and other forms of religious expression. stories, religious songs, and edited interviews. The congregation, of an indeterminate size, was led by Esau Jenkins, John Smalls, and Rev. Grant in the Moving Star Praise House. There are also 13 spirituals from the Sea Islands of South Carolina, recorded in 1960 by unknown performers; 4 tapes of a "preach meeting", 24 Jan. 1965; and interviews for "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life", including songs and storytelling, children's songs and stories, religious songs, and edited interviews.

111 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241422

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972

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Esau Jenkins was born and raised on Johns Island, S.C. in 1910 and lived most of his life there. With very little formal education, he became a businessman and civil rights leader. Jenkins founded the Progressive Club in 1948, which encouraged local African Americans to register to vote, through the aid of Citizenship Schools, a topic he was educated in by his attendance at Highlander Folk Center in Tennessee. In 1959, he organized the Citizens' Committee of Charleston County dedicated to the ec...

Carawan, Guy, 1927-2015

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Guy Carawan (1927-2015) was a musician and songwriter. He is credited, along with Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, and Pete Seeger, as one of the authors of the civil rights anthem, We Shall Overcome....

Moving star hall singers

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Smalls, John.

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Carawan, Candie

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Guy and Candie Carawan, both natives of California, met in 1960 at the Highlander Folk School (now the Highland Research and Education Center) in New Market, Tenn., as participants in the civil rights movement. Married shortly thereafter, the Carawans have since been active as collectors of folklore and folk music, singers, musicians, educators, and socio-political activists. They are best known for their efforts to document and disseminate music associated with the civil rights mov...

Grant, Rev.

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