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Featuring research on memory quilts, root healing in Macon County, Loyd family tombstones, rural Jewish memory practices, Black fiddler Earnest Mostella, Sacred Harp singing, mapping the Black experience in South Alabama, and 3 book/podcast reviews.

Since 1980, the AFA has worked to document, preserve, present, and promote the multicultural folklife of Alabama.

With your support we can continue working to ensure the folkways of all Alabamians are preserved, shared, and celebrated!

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THE CAUTHEN FUND

Joyce Cauthen’s dedication to the AFA includes twelve years of service on the Board of Directors and ten years as the AFA’s first Executive Director. In gratitude for her work and achievements, the AFA created the Joyce H. Cauthen Fellowship Fund in 2010 to provide research grants for the documentation and preservation of Alabama's traditional music and other folkways.

To give to the Cauthen Fund, click here and check the “add a dedication” box.