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Just released in December 2024!

Featuring research and photo essays on coal miners, tornado shelters, piñatas, Black funeral pamphlets, bayou folktales, Sacred Harp memorial lessons, drag pageants, Jewish life in Selma and Birmingham, an all-Black traveling revue, folk recordings in the Black Belt, and two book reviews.

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Since 1980, the AFA has worked to document, preserve, present, and promote the folkways of Alabama.

With your support, we can continue working to ensure the folklife of all Alabamians is preserved, shared, and celebrated!

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The Cauthen Fund

Joyce Cauthen’s dedication to the AFA includes twelve years of service on the Board of Directors and ten years as the AFA’s first Executive Director. In gratitude for her work and achievements, the AFA created the Joyce H. Cauthen Fellowship Fund in 2010 to provide research grants for the documentation and preservation of Alabama's traditional music and other folkways.

To give to the Cauthen Fund, click here and check the “add a dedication” box.