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William Ferris

Born

Vicksburg, Mississippi, The United States

Genre

History, Music

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Dr. William R. Ferris is considered one of the foremost American authors and scholars of Southern Art. He is the former chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities, and co-founded the Center for Southern Folklore in Memphis, Tennessee.

Ferris was also the founding director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, and is the co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Ferris received his B.A. in English Literature from Davidson College in 1964, an M.A. in English Literature from Northwestern University in 1965, and a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969.

Dr. Ferris’s scholarship has focused on southern African American folklore and culture through a variety of me ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 263 ratings · 51 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues 4.17 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists 4.30 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The South in Color: A Visual Journal (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series) by William Ferris, Tom Rankin (Foreword) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Live and Learn. Then You Die and Forget It All: Ray Lum's Tales of Horses, Mules and Men 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il blues del Delta 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I am a man - Photographies et luttes pour les droits civiques dans le sud des États-Unis, 1960-1970 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Music and Modern Sound by William Ferris (Editor), Mary L. Hart (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blues From The Delta liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Te Deum: Choral score and congregational part 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The diva: An opera in one act and two scenes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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