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From left: Charlie Vinson, Beth Higgs, John Mealing, NKwanda Jah, Allen Jones, Elder Brown, and (seated) Bill Cooke.

Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. These songs were often called "lining" songs. The dancers were C. Wright, John Mealing, Charlie Vinson, Allen Jones, and Elder Brown.