Artists of the Black Belt
From the 1983 LIFE magazine story "Artists of the Black Belt: Saving a Rich Southern Culture" Web collection contains a selection of 119 images from a collection of over 1000 in the digital archive.
![Second-generation quilter Betty Rogers finds Second-generation quilter Betty Rogers finds](./thumbnails/RBFA_448_001.jpg)
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![Second-generation quilter Betty Rogers finds Second-generation quilter Betty Rogers finds](./thumbnails/RBFA_043_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_694_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_626_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_697_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_674_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_677_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_692_001.jpg)
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![Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Keeps the crows away. - Scarecrow. From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_687_001.jpg)
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![Champion show horse shows off, Epes, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Champion show horse shows off, Epes, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_228_001.jpg)
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![Champion show horse and rider, Epes, Alabama 1983- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Champion show horse and rider, Epes, Alabama 1983- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_235_001.jpg)
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![Champion show horse shows off, Epes, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Champion show horse shows off, Epes, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_233_002.jpg)
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![Champion show horse shows off, Epes, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Champion show horse shows off, Epes, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_604_001.jpg)
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![Jug blower Will Henley, Tishabee, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Jug blower Will Henley, Tishabee, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_249_001.jpg)
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![Jug blower Will Henley, Tishabee, Alabama 1983- Jug blower Will Henley, Tishabee, Alabama 1983-](./thumbnails/RBFA_250_001.jpg)
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![Jug blower Will Henley, Tishabee, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Jug blower Will Henley, Tishabee, Alabama 1983 - From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_254_001.jpg)
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![Ernest Mason making his four-hole fife,- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Ernest Mason making his four-hole fife,- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_272_001.jpg)
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![Ernest Mason plays the four-hole fife.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Ernest Mason plays the four-hole fife.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_275_001.jpg)
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![Ernest Mason plays the four-hole fife.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Ernest Mason plays the four-hole fife.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_268_001.jpg)
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![Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988- Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988-](./thumbnails/RBFA_1052.jpg)
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![Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988- Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988-](./thumbnails/RBFA_1079.jpg)
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![Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988- Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988-](./thumbnails/RBFA_1087.jpg)
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![Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988- Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988-](./thumbnails/RBFA_1134.jpg)
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![Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988- Bone knocker Arthur Tucker, Starkville, Mississippi 1988-](./thumbnails/RBFA_1139.jpg)
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![Hambone player Albert Stanton slaps his body to accompany his own lyrics about farm life.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Hambone player Albert Stanton slaps his body to accompany his own lyrics about farm life.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_612_001.jpg)
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![Hambone player Albert Stanton slaps his body to accompany his own lyrics about farm life.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Hambone player Albert Stanton slaps his body to accompany his own lyrics about farm life.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_494_001.jpg)
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![Jesse Daniels is rarely seen without his guitar. At 12, he made his first one and learned to play by watching others.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Jesse Daniels is rarely seen without his guitar. At 12, he made his first one and learned to play by watching others.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_498_001.jpg)
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![Jesse Daniels is rarely seen without his guitar. At 12, he made his first one and learned to play by watching others.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Jesse Daniels is rarely seen without his guitar. At 12, he made his first one and learned to play by watching others.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_501_001.jpg)
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![Jesse Daniels is rarely seen without his guitar. At 12, he made his first one and learned to play by watching others.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983. Jesse Daniels is rarely seen without his guitar. At 12, he made his first one and learned to play by watching others.- From the LIFE magazine story Artists of the Black Belt, 1983.](./thumbnails/RBFA_503_001.jpg)
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