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Perspectives
The Grammy Award-winning Texas country musician, died December 15 at the age of seventy-eight.
In November, Center director Clifford Murphy traveled to South Korea at the invitation of the Asia Culture Center.
For many Black people, the outdoors did not feel welcoming. Society has long perpetuated the idea that nature is not for us.
For many Black people, the outdoors did not feel welcoming. Society has long perpetuated the idea that nature is not for us.
As a musician and advocate, Gretchen Gonzales Davidson embraces the complex relationships between music, culture, and community.
The renowned civil rights activist, “songtalker,” playwright, composer, and cultural historian began her work with the Smithsonian in 1969.
After fifty years in culture work, Proschan has gifted his research as a folklorist and anthropologist to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.
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