Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?: The People of Johns Island South Carolina?Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs (Brown Thrasher Books)
Language: English
Published by University of Georgia Press, 1994
- Softcover
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Large softcover 1989 "revised and expanded edition" in glossy, excellent, unmarked condition. 240 pages. [1.5 lbs] 268 p.
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- Title
- Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?: The People of Johns Island South Carolina?Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs (Brown Thrasher Books)
- Author
- Carawan, Guy; Carawan, Candie
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0820316431
- ISBN 13
- 9780820316437
- Seller catalogs
- Black Studies, Music
Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? presents an oral, musical, and photographic record of the venerable Gullah culture in modern times. With roots stretching back to their slave forebears, the Johns Islanders and their folk traditions are a vital link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean ancestors.
When first published in 1966, this book conveyed islanders' trepidation and jubilation upon the arrival of the civil rights movement to their isolated home. In this edition, which is updated through the late 1980s, the stories and songs of an older day blend with the voices of an empowered younger generation determined to fight the overdevelopment of their land by resort builders.
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About the Author
GUY CARAWAN (1927–2015) was an educator, writer, musician, and collector who dedicated himself to preserving the culture of the South and fighting for the civil rights of its common people. He and his spouse, Candie Carawan, had a decades-long association with the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee. The Carawans served as consultants to the public television productions of "Eyes on the Prize" and "History of the Song 'We Shall Overcome.'" Their books include Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? (Georgia), We Shall Overcome, and Freedom Is a Constant Struggle.
Candie Carawan (Author)
CANDIE CARAWAN, with her husband Guy Carawan, compiled We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Southern Freedom Movement and contributed to Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: An Anthology of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. They have been associated with the Highlander Research and Education Center for more than forty years. Throughout the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's, the Carawans organized cultural workshops at Highlander and in the field, focused on civil rights, citizenship education in the Sea Islands, and coalfield and environmental organizing in Appalachia.
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