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GA HR1676
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/10/2016
Primary Sponsor
Alex Atwood
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AI Summary
- Georgia House of Representatives honors Bessie Jones, Alan Lomax, and the Sea Island Singers for their work in celebrating and preserving Sea Island culture
- The Sea Island Singers began in the 1920s and performed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, for three sitting presidents including President Jimmy Carter's inauguration, and were enshrined at the Library of Congress
- Alan Lomax, a folklorist and musicologist, repeatedly visited St. Simons Island in the mid-20th century to document the singers' traditions, while Bessie Jones, born in Dawson, Georgia, joined and led the group, modernizing their repertoire
- The Coastal Georgia Historical Society and the St. Simons African American Heritage Coalition hosted events surrounding the "repatriation" of Alan Lomax's Sea Island Singers' recordings
- The Clerk of the House is directed to distribute copies of the resolution to the families of Bessie Jones and Alan Lomax and to the Sea Island Singers
Legislative Description
Jones, Bessie; Alan Lomax, and Sea Island Singers; honor
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/10/2016
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