Read more about the American Folklife Center here:
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/aboutafc.html
		
The American Folklife Center was established by Congress to preserve and present American folklife.  The full text of AFC's enabling legislation can be read here: 
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/public_law.html
		
A history of the AFC and its predecessor, the Archive of Folk Song, can be read here:
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/AFChist/
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
    
		
		
		
		
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