Comments on: “Word, Shout, Song” Opens at the Anacostia Community Museum

By: Verity

Verity — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:02:42 +0000

How did I miss this?! Just listening to a story now on NPR and I am sick that I missed learning a bit more about my family’s history. Sounds like the Anacostia Museum had a hit. I hope that there will be a website for this exhibit, lectures, pictures of artifacts. I can see that I missed something really special, perhaps extraordinary even.

By: Anacostia Community Museum Attempts Record-Breaking Ring Shout | Around The Mall

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:52:21 +0000

[...] Museum is sadly at the end of one of its most visited exhibitions in recent history—the show “Word, Shout, Song” was so popular, it had been extended for four months. This weekend the show closes. But don’t [...]

By: Deirdre Kindthistle

Deirdre Kindthistle — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:39:30 +0000

Credit the foto of the ring shout – PLZ!
It was taken by Maxfield Parrish Jr to illustrate his mother’s book – Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands – Lydia Parrish.
I’m surprised thatyou didn’t consult possibly one of the premier works on Gullah music for this exhibit. LP began her research – she & Turner were great friends btw – in 1915 with the help of her cook – Julia Armstrong.

By: Events for the Week of May 23-27: Grand Canyon, Lindbergh Lecture, Lincoln and More | Around The Mall

Mon, 23 May 2011 14:32:13 +0000

[...] last year, we wrote, “In 1930, Lorenzo Dow Turner, an English professor-turned linguist, began studying a language spoken by former slaves along the [...]

By: The Weekly Spotlight: Anacostia Community Museum | Arts for DC Kids

The Weekly Spotlight: Anacostia Community Museum | Arts for DC Kids — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:53 +0000

[...] more about the exhibit and Turner’s life in the exhibit brochure, the Smithsonian Magazine‘s “Around the Mall” blog, and here in The Washington Post. You can also read an interview the National Endowment for the [...]

By: Faith Mitchell: Gullah Herbal Remedies and Magical Healing | Around The Mall

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:16:31 +0000

[...] Saturday at the Anacostia Community Museum, in conjuction with the museum’s current exhibit, “Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Down Turner Connecting Communities Through Language,” Mitchell, currently Vice President of Partners in Health, a medical aid organization, spent time in [...]

By: MILTON RUSS

MILTON RUSS — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:17:05 +0000

GREAT REPORT AND NEEDED TO EDUCATE THE MASSES