Photograph by Patrick Heagney. African American, Storytelling, Cultural Activism Cornelia Bailey (1945-2017) In her own words, Cornelia Bailey was a Saltwater Geechee and a storyteller. Her research, writing, cultural, and environmental activism in her birthplace in Belle Marsh on Sapelo Island, part of the Georgia Sea Islands, defined her contribution to the folklore field. Bailey […]
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Photo courtesy of Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk Photograph Collection, William J. Faulkner ful.out.pho001. Congregational Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Folklorist, Master Storyteller William John Faulkner (1891-1987) The Reverend Dr.William John Faulkner collected, preserved, and shared a significant repertoire of folktales and stories of slavery learned directly from a former slave.
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