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Items with subject 'Folklife - Discrimination'
Folklife Collection - A Personal Introspection on African-American Speech
by Salisbury University Students (1995)
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In 1995, former Salisbury University student Suzette Thom collected folk material. Her collection explores relations between African Americans with different dialects, mainly dialects from the USA and those originating from the Caribbean islands. Included are Thom's essay and transcript of interviews.
Folklife Collection - Hanging Out at the Top of a Patriarchy
by Salisbury University Students (1995)
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In 1995, former Salisbury University student Tom Harris collected folk material. His collection explores the patriarchal system he found himself benefiting from while working at Freddie's Pizza in Ocean City, Maryland. This involved the male workers being able to take a relatively laid back approach to their jobs and "hang out" while the female workers were not given this liberty. Included are Harris's essay, color photographs, a VHS of Freddie's Pizza (transcript included) , and an interview on cassette tape with several male Freddie's workers (transcript included).
Folklife Collection - Legends on Maryland's Eastern Shore: Have they changed throughout their existence?
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
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In 1999, former Salisbury University student James Bilbrough collected folk material. His collection explores legends and folktales of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, including those with historical and paranormal basis, as well as a racial element. Included is his essay, color photographs, and black and white images.
Folklife Collection - Lifestyles of African American Teenagers in America
by Salisbury University Students (1991)
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In 1991, former Salisbury University Student La Sean Greene collected folk material. Her work pertains to the life of African Americans in the sixties during the civil rights movement. Her objective was to try to understand the origins of the "current" attitudes of African Americans. She interviewed her family members, of whom her grandmother "Nana" was the main informant. Her fieldwork brought up a very emotional series of confession as her informants explained their feelings and recalled what they went through. Unfortunately, all of them refused to be taped. The main conclusion to which all informants concur is that "nothing has changed."
Folklife Collection - Sharptown Lions Club Minstrels
by Salisbury University Students (1974 – 1974s)
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In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1974, former Salisbury University student Mary Jane Marine collected folk material about the Sharptown Lions Club minstrel shows. This collection includes Marine's essay titled "Has the Curtain Closed for the Last Time on the Sharptown Lions Club Minstrels?," 28 color slides depicting the minstrel performers and performances (with a related permissions form from the photographer), several minstrel program reproductions, and personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants.