Welcome To Prekindergarten! You Will Not Die

The Smithsonian Festival Of American Folklife, Actually, Was An Effort To Put Something On The Mall In Washington So American Tourists Could Walk Through America, And In Their Minds Everything On The Mall Would Be American

I Went To A Church Where You Could Not Sing Out Loud In The Service Until You Had Been Saved

Most People Come Out Of Their Ph.d. Experience Trying To Prove Themselves, Trying To Get Ahead, Trying To Get Published. You're Scared Everybody Else Is Going To Do Your Research And Get Your Topic.

The First Job I Had With The Smithsonian Was As A Field Researcher Among African American Communities In Southwest Louisiana And Arkansas For The Festival.

The Voice I Have Now, I Got The First Time I Sang In A Movement Meeting, After I Got Out Of Jail... And I'd Never Heard It Before In My Life.