Throughout the years, TGCD has turned to an informal
advisory group to help guide our efforts. The expertise, insight and connections of this network of individuals have been invaluable to the success of our work. TGCD is grateful for the support and encouragement of the following individuals:

David Crosby
Independent Consultant
Port Gibson, MS

Patty Crosby
Director of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads
Port Gibson, MS
www.msculturalcrossroads.org

Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Director of the Women's Center
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA

Robert Hall
Professor of African-American Studies
Northeastern University Boston, MA

Alfredteen Harrison
Margaret Walker Research Center
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS
www.jsums.edu/maw.htm

Glenn Hinson
Chair of the Folklore Department
UNC at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
www.unc.edu/depts/folklore/

Richard Kurin
Director
Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC
www.folklife.si.edu

Worth Long
Folklorist, Ethnomusicologist and Oral Historian
Atlanta, GA

Ethelbert Miller
Director of African-American Resource Center
Howard University
Washington, DC

Eleanor Foster Ott
Folklorist
Maple Corner, VT

Peter Sietel
Senior Folklorist
Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC
www.folklife.si.edu