The will to adorn : reflections on African American dress and the aesthetics of identity,
Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2013-01-30
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Diana N'Diaye shares stories, observations, and insights from "The Will to Adorn," a community-centered research and public presentation project, which explores and examines the diversity of African American cultural identities as expressed through traditional arts of the body, dress, and adornment.
Contributor:
N'diaye, Diana Baird - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
War or Conflict: Cold War; Persian Gulf War, 1991; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Branch of Service: Navy
Service Unit/Ship: Color Guard; USS Goldsborough (DDG 20); USS Benjamin Stoddard (DDG 22); USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16); USS Lake Erie (CG 70); USS Port Royal (CG 73); USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
Location of Service: Florida; Virginia; Maine; Illinois; California; Hawaii; Singapore; Red Sea; Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Persian Gulf
Contributor:
Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command—hickam Air Force Base, HI - Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command-Hickam Air Force Base, HI
War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991; Iraq War, 2003-2011
Branch of Service: Army; Marine Corps
Service Unit/Ship: 9th Marine Regiment; 3rd Force Service Support Group; 2nd MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing); MWSS-274 (Marine Wing Support Squadron); 690th Maintenance Battalion; 230th Brigade Support Battalion; North Carolina Army National Guard
Location of Service: Camp Johnson, North Carolina; Okinawa, Japan; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Kingston, North Carolina; North Carolina; Iraq
Service Unit/Ship: 44th Aerial Port Squadron; Air Force Reserve
Location of Service: Guam (Mariana Islands); Travis Air Force Base, California; Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolnia; Dover Air Force Base, Delaware; Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Iraq; Turkey
Contributor:
Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command—hickam Air Force Base, HI - Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command-Hickam Air Force Base, HI
Contributor:
Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command—hickam Air Force Base, HI - Commander, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command-Hickam Air Force Base, HI
Date:2012-03-01
Manuscript/Mixed Material
Julius W. Becton papers, 1780-2008
Army officer, federal agency head, university president, public school superintendent. Correspondence, speeches, writings, military and civilian government documents, topical files, reports, printed matter, monographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Becton's army career, leadership of federal agencies, college presidency, and superintendency of a large, urban public school system.
Location of Service: Fort Ord, California; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Lee, Virginia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Korea; Vietnam