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Collecting Gullah Folklore

By Genevieve Chandler

September 1, 1977 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 5 No. 2, "Long Journey Home: Folklife in the South." Find more from that issue here.

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The Southern Summer School for Women Workers

By Mary Frederickson

December 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No. 4, "Generations: Women in the South." Find more from that issue here.

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"To Be Prophetic": Black Ministers Speak Out on the Black Church

By Jim SessionsSue ThrasherBill Troy

October 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No.

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"Right Here on Earth"

By Bill TroySue ThrasherJim Sessions

October 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No.

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"Mind, Body, and Soul"

By Bill TroySue ThrasherJim Sessions

October 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No.

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A Place of Their Own

By Thelma Stevens

October 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No.

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A New Day Begun

By John LewisJim SessionsSue Thrasher

October 1, 1976 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No.