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COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT

In FACT partnered with Queen Nur LLC to document the Soul Line Dance Community in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware Tri- State Area as part of the Widening the Path Project for the Library of Congress. Almost 1000 files make up the collection.  


 The Collection was celebrated at the Library of Congress on 

Feburary 27, 2025

with a Soul Line Dance Party in:

Jefferson Hall 

10 First Street, SE

Washington DC 20540

See Video and Photo Links Below, as well as more information on the Collection.

Visit often to find when the collection will be on-line at the Library of Congress and to learn about Blogs and other Media.

Library of Congress Party Project Team

THANK YOU TO OUR PHENOMENAL BUS CAPTAINS: Khenya Clay, Josie Jones, Hazel Pierce, Renee Wimberly

    Links to Our Historical day

    MEDIA

    Good Morning America

    Segment on the Legacy of Soul LIne Dancing

    Gloria Kingcade on CBS

    Gloria Kingcade CBS 

    Burlington County Times

    How South Jerseyans showed off soul line dancing on national TV, at Library of Congress 

    QUEEN NUR GRATITUDE FACEBOOK POST

    Thank you Soul Line Dance Community 

    FACEBOOK POSTS BY CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS

    Joetta A. Johnson


    Elizabeth Tausz


    Historical Statements by the DJ's


    Lanzy Witherspoon 1


    Lanzy Witherspoon 2


    AJ Rivers


    AJ Rivers Audience View Queen Nur Speech


    AJ Rivers Hey  How you Doing


    Aline Goodman 1


    Tamika Shipman


    Tamika Shipman 2


    Donell McFadden


    Natalie Cox 1


    Natalie Cox 2


    NIchelle Underwood


    Rose Tyler


    Chris Blues


    Bernadette Burnette


    Joyce Renwick


    Burnell Monique


    Douglas Hawkins


    Joanne Bellizeare

     

    Donetta Chambers


    Community Collections Photo Galleries

    PHOTO GALLERY I

    About the Community on the Line Collection

    DESCRIPTION

    ORAL HISTORIES

    PROJECT TEAM

    Community on the Line: Documenting the Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware Soul LIne Dance Community total collection contains almost 1000 files that include photographs, videos, audio and manuscript files of events, oral histories, and interviews. 

     Phase I documentation at the Library of Congress dates from March 2022 to March 2023. 

    Additional oral histories were documented during Phase II in 2024.

    Made possible by grants to Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik by the Library of Congress and In FACT, Inc. by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

    PROJECT TEAM

    ORAL HISTORIES

    PROJECT TEAM

    Project Manager:

    Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik

    a New Jersey Heritage Fellow

    Advisors: 

    Aline Goodman, Kenneth "Kenny J" Johnson, Gloria Kingcade

    Interpretive Planning Committee:  Bernadette Burnette, Douglas Hawkins, Joyce Myers, Vonda Pearson, Tamika Shipman, Christopher "Chris Blues Torres, Nichelle Underwood

    Documentation Team: 

    Queen Nur, Driven By Design, and Tamika Shipman.

    Video Contributor: 

    Event Stream Team

    Admin: 

    Keisha Gilchrist-Broomes, Michael Clay

    Assistant: 

    Lorraine McClary

    ORAL HISTORIES

    ORAL HISTORIES

    DOCUMENTED EVENTS

    Derrick, Ballou, Chris Blues, Ray Boyd, Bernadette Burnette, Lynnda Bussey and Jeanette Edmond, Stephanie Christmas, Aline Goodman, Douglas "X Man" Hawkins, Sheila Holiday, Kenneth 

    "Kenny J" Johnson, Sylvia Kenion, Gloria Kingcade, Devonte Normand and Alverta Reams, Randi O’Neal, Vonda Pearson, AJ Rivers, Ellen Small and Diane Redd, Chiquita Smith, Bob Terruso, 

    Butch Thomas, Terresina Wilson

    Couples Interview:

     June and Audrey Donaldson, Aaron and Lanzy Witherspoon, Dee and Bud Garner.

    North Jersey Focus Group Interview: Sharnette Bostic, Eileen Howard, 

    Dee Inman, Nichelle Underwood

    DOCUMENTED EVENTS

    INTERVIEWS AT EVENTS & CLASSES

    DOCUMENTED EVENTS

    Interpretive Panning Meetings, Pennsauken, NJ

    Silk N 'Em, New Castle, DE

    June and Audrey's Classic Soul Line Dance Party, Philadelphia., PA

    Kimmel Center with Chris Blues, Philadephia, PA

    Step 4 Step Anniversary Weekend, Kenilworth, NJ 

    Newark Symphony Hall, Newark, NJ

    I am Kenny J Best of Both Worlds, Pennsauken, NJ 

    Vonda Pearson 80's Themed Party, Bernadette Burnette Class Christmas Party, Norristown, PA

    I am Kenny J All Request Party, Pennsauken, NJ

    Parkside Experience with Chris Blues, Ardmore, PA

    Sheila Holiday Sock Hop, Phila., PA

    I am Kenny J Team Performance Team Rehearsal, Pennsauken, NJ

    UC Star Awards, Baltimore MD.

    Phase I Culminating Event, Hi Nella, NJ

    INTERVIEWS AT EVENTS & CLASSES

    INTERVIEWS AT EVENTS & CLASSES

    INTERVIEWS AT EVENTS & CLASSES

    Rasheed Bellamy, Denise Hicks and Yanique London, Elsie Jones, Lenny Nutter, Shante Lee Wood, Step 4 Step members  on Dance Apparel

    Travelling Line Dancers:

    Dr. Sharika Alfred, Stephon Cave, Tri-City Hustlerz members, Darlene Masamori, Shari Walker, Claudette Morrison and Landi Willie

    UC Star Awards

    Mike Womack

    Curtis Goode, Louis "Sweet Lou" Jenkins and  Kenny J

    Classes:

    Chris Blues

    Bernadette Burnette

    Ray Boyd

    Stephanie Christmas

    Douglas Hawkins

    Kenny J 

    Gloria Kingcade

    Devonte Normand

    Randi O'Neal

    Chiquita Smith

    Bob Terruso

    MANUSCRIPTS & CURATED VIDEOS

    INTERVIEWS AT EVENTS & CLASSES

    INTERVIEWS AT EVENTS & CLASSES

    Manuscripts

    • Transcripts of all Oral Histories and Interviews
    • Bob Terruso Dance Instruction Step Sheets
    • Ms. Terry's Dance Instruction Catalogue
    • Aline Goodman's Playlist 
    • 446 Release Forms

    Curated Videos

    • 60-Minute Community on the Line  (2/2023)
    • 27-Minute Exhibit version curated for the Culminating Event  of Phase I on 2.25.2023
    • 55-min New Jersey Highlight Version. (2025)

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    Community on the Line - New Jersey Highlights

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    Made possible by New Jersey Council for the Humanities and The Library of Congress.  

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