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Bessie Jones
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Bessie_Jones
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:person
gptkbp:activeYears
1960s–1980s
gptkbp:awardReceived
gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Arts_National_Heritage_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate
1902-02-08
gptkbp:birthName
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Jones
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Smithville,_Georgia,_United_States
gptkbp:children
6
gptkbp:deathDate
1984-07-17
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:Brunswick,_Georgia,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity
gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:gospel
gptkb:African-American_folk_music
folk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Bessie Jones
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:American_folk_music_revival
gptkbp:memberOf
gptkb:Georgia_Sea_Island_Singers
gptkbp:notableWork
gptkb:Put_Your_Hand_on_Your_Hip,_and_Let_Your_Backbone_Slip:_Songs_and_Stories_from_the_Georgia_Sea_Islands
gptkb:Step_It_Down:_Games,_Plays,_Songs,_and_Stories_from_the_Afro-American_Heritage
gptkbp:occupation
gptkb:singer
singer-songwriter
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:Cassius_Jones
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Florodora
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5