Also on YouTube: Accent: music and dance of the Georgia Sea Islands (1962) 'A [30-minute] segment on the Georgia Sea Island Singers shot at St. Simons Island – featuring Bessie Jones, John Davis, Peter Davis, Willis Proctor, Mable Hillery, Emma Lee Ramsey, Joe Dixon, Joe Armstrong, and others unidentified, and guest host Alan Lomax – from the short-lived CBS educational program "Accent," hosted by poet John Ciardi, 1962. (Commercials retained.)' Bessie Jones appears at roughly 4mins - 17mins ~ Becky in Long Beach
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