Smithsonian Voices

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American Sign Language alphabet

Hearing the Voices of Deaf Culture at the 1981 Folklife Festival

The landmark event introduced many hearing visitors to the stories, poems, sign play, jokes and traditions of the deaf community

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Are You a Friend of Dorothy? Folk Speech of the LGBTQ Community

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For Centuries This London Church Has Ministered to the Spiritual Needs of the Journalists and the Media

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