What a wonderful tour of @OldGrayCemetery with Laura Still of @Knoxville Walking Tours! She shared stories both haunting and inspiring- and showed us the final resting place of Mary Utopia Rothrock, Lawson McGhee Library’s first professional director! #librarycardsrock! More walking tours coming up! Stay up to date on upcoming events with the Library newsletter: https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/about/newsletters-and-social | Knox County Public Library

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6.4K views · 362 reactions | Brownie McGhee remembered “Red River Blues” being the first blues song he ever heard his father play. Here he is in 1948 with his musical partner Sonny Terry on harmonica performing the song in footage from the Library of Congress. | Blues Compartido | Facebook

1K views · 36 reactions | Folk Music Field Recordings - Library of Congress (1945) Did you spot Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - then Woody Guthrie? This short film profiling all the library does won an Academy Award - watch it & two others Saturday at 10pm & Sunday at 4pm ET on C-SPAN3's Reel America https://www.c-span.org/series/?reelAmerica | American History TV | Facebook

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH In this 2018 documentary, Valley PBS explores the history of the Native Americans of the Central Valley (also called Yokuts). Discover the roots of our Central Valley's past and the tribes that helped to shape it! #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM Watch NOW at: http://ow.ly/4M9H50GPePa ◀️ This documentary features Madera County Library and Coarsegold Historical Society & Museum #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM | ValleyPBS