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Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. Genres. Gospel, folk. Mary Elizabeth Jones (February 8, 1902 – July 17, 1984) [1] was an American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th century.
Jun 3, 2022 · Singer Bessie Jones is the reason so many American children know the folk songs of African and Gullah cultures. by Sara Mellas June 3, 2022. Bessie Jones (with tambourine) felt a “call...
Jun 19, 2020 · A woman from a small farming community in the state of Georgia, Bessie Jones was one of the most important traditional singers of the mid-20th century. Her accordion-playing grandfather, Jet...
Home. Honors. National Heritage Fellowships. Bessie Jones. Georgia Sea Island Singer. 1982 NEA National Heritage Fellow. Brunswick, Georgia. Photo courtesy of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections. Bio. Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Jones was born February 8, 1902, in Smithville, Georgia.
Nov 8, 2022 · f2fafrica.com. Faces of Black Excellence. Meet Bessie Jones, the musicologist who made African-American folk songs a part of the school’s curricula. Stephen Nartey November 08, 2022....
Mary Elizabeth Jones (February 8, 1902 – July 17, 1984) was an American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th century. Alan Lomax, who first encountered Jones on a field recording trip in 1959, said, "She was on fire to teach America.
Jun 30, 2022 · An internationally acclaimed folk performer and founding member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Jones was born and raised in southwest Georgia, spending the better part of her childhood in the small black farming community of Dawson with her parents and four grandparents.
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