SBA Mississippi History terms 9 weeks (2nd)
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- Blackwood Brothers
- Gospel singers.
- George Ohr
- Self-proclaimed "World's Greatist Art Potter".
- Theora Hamblett
- Early visionary artist.
- gospel music
- church music with roots in the folk spiritual tradition.
- Faith Hill
- Chosen 1 of the 50 most beautiful people by People magazine.
- W.C. Handy
- Composed such songs as "St. Louis Blues" & "Memphis Blues".
- country music
- the music of rural & urban white working people in the south.
- Walter Anderson
- Painted on Horn Island.
- Andrew Young
- Founded Pearl River Glass Studio.
- Elvis Presley
- The king of rock & roll.
- Lucille
- A famous musician's guitar.
- Biloxi catboat
- A boat used in shallow Gulf waters.
- spirituals
- sacred folk songs of African Americans.
- quilting
- the making of bed covers from pieces of cloth or discarded clothing.
- Jimmie Rodgers
- MS blue yodler.
- folk culture
- culture passed on informally by storytellers, musicians, artists, & craftspeople in the form of home remedies, tall tales, ballads, quilts, baskets, & so forth.
- Ke Francis
- Best known for the "Tornado Series".
- rockabilly
- an admixture of southern blues & country music.
- the blues
- music that became popular around 1900, based on black folk music including field hollers & work chants.
- culture
- the ways we think about & do things.
- Robert Johnson
- Greatest of the early Delta bluesmen.
- Ethel Wright Mohamed
- Needlework of rural MS scenes.
- cuisine
- food customs.
- improvisation & innovation
- a search for new ideas within familiar ways passed down from earlier generations.
- visionary artist
- artists who depict their dreams & visions through their media.
- rock & roll
- a musical movement from regional to mainstream term that evolved out of rockabilly.
- Muddy Waters
- "Hoochie Koochie Man"
- B.B King
- Developed "electric blues".
- craftsmanship
- the making of useful & artistic items by hand.
- murals
- wall passing.
- Tet
- A combination of the lunar new year, Vietnamese national independence day, & a religious holiday for Buddhists.