Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? The People of Johns Island SC ☆ HC

Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?: The People of Johns Island South Carolina ―Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs • Guy Carawan and Candie Carawan • Photographs by Robert Yellin


University of Georgia Press, 1989, 2nd edition. Hardcover. xvii, 240pp. Bound in pale green cloth with title stamped in brown to spine. Illustrated with maps and stunning b&w photographs by Robert Yellin throughout. VG. Crisp, clean, and square. Spine tips softened. Mild sunning to extremities. Internally clean and bright. Mild smudges to 2-3 pages. Free of all markings. No dust jacket.


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Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? presents an oral, musical, and photographic record of the venerable Gullah culture in modern times. With roots stretching back to their slave forebears, the Johns Islanders and their folk traditions are a vital link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean ancestors.


When first published in 1966, this book conveyed islanders' trepidation and jubilation upon the arrival of the civil rights movement to their isolated home. In this edition, which is updated through the late 1980s, the stories and songs of an older day blend with the voices of an empowered younger generation determined to fight the overdevelopment of their land by resort builders.


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