"Southways" sound recordings, 1991-1992.

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"Southways" sound recordings, 1991-1992.

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The "Southways" audio recordings consist of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes of "Southways" programs. The recordings cover a diverse range of topics from "Illiteracy in Savannah," "The Houma Indians of Louisiana," "Growing Up in the [Mississippi] Delta," to "Phosphate Mining in Florida," "High School Brass Band of New Orleans," and "Louisiana and David Duke." Besides these topical shows, "Southways" also featured profiles of intriguing southerners such as Stetson Kennedy, folklorist, historian and infiltrator of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as musicians Etta Baker, the "Queen" of the Piedmont blues, and "Queen Ida" Guillory, a Louisiana-born Zydeco musician who rose to prominence far from the bayou out on the West Coast.

8 linear ft. (8 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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