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...Years of Afro-American Studies--Skip Griffin, president of Afro, 1969; Ewart Guinier, professor of Afro-American Studies emeritus; Wes Profit, Afro member; Mark Smith, Afro member, and Dara Bowin; Science Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar April 19-April 25 | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

Much as it has meant to the community, the citizens are even prouder of the fact that the convention has become a famous oasis for folk buffs, talent scouts, and people who just like to hear some fancy bowin' and pickin'. In fact, Union Grovers are beginning to believe that a special providence watches over the event. Founder H. P. Van Hoy, now 81, recalls that it rained on the opening session 44 years ago, but "there hasn't been a drop of rain on any convention since. If that doesn't mean the Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Country Music: Oasis for Fiddlin' Buffs | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...life "like traffic through a tunnel." Typical of the show's erratic focus is Joe's response when he finally loses Lorna. He and the chorus launch not into a lover's lament but a rousing, anvil-hard hymn of civil righteousness: "I ain't bowin' down no more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Blues for Mr. Wellington | 10/30/1964 | See Source »

...collection of Bible stories told in darkey dialect, with darkey psychology, darkey embellishments and modernizations. Sly, humorous, kindly, they are reminiscent of the late great Joel Chandler Harris's tales of Uncle Remus. A sample: "So Solomon started kingin' up and down de road, a-bowin' and tippin' his crown to de ladies and makin' riddles at de men folks, and he was a mighty good king...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Uncle Remus Redivivus | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

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