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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of an African American male performing on stage with an acoustic guitar and Pete Seeger as well as other musicians participating in the background, Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s

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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

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Elderly black male with guitar performs on stage while others seated behind him sing. Clapping white male is Pete Seeger.Individual(s) identified in the photograph include Seeger, PeteClassified by the Sovereignty Commission as Administrative--InformantsThe Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Record Contributed By

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Guitarists
  2. African American Musicians
  3. African American Women Singers
  4. African Americans
  5. Auditoriums
  6. Banjo And Guitar Music
  7. Banjoists
  8. Civil Rights
  9. Civil Rights Movements
  10. Civil Rights Workers
  11. Folk Musicians
  12. Jackson
  13. Mississippi
  14. Music
  15. Musicians
  16. Performance
  17. Women
  18. Women Singers

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