One more add: the anonymous user who edited the Wikipedia page also added this citation, which is considerably more nuanced than their edits to the page content (which boiled down to "Square Dancing is racist"):

The video they linked to tells the history in more detail, including the ultimate irony that many of the instruments, musical styles, and calling styles of square dance were brought from Africa by enslaved people.

https://www.tiktok.com/@darastarrtucker/video/7176078180422405418?q=henry%20ford%20square%20dnacing&t=1679299462266</ref>

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 9:44 AM John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hi Tony,

              I think the MWSD history should be on the MWSD page; the American traditional squares history should be on the traditional page and the main SD page should provide brief synopses of those with pointers to the other pages.

 

              My main interest is the main SD page.  If you publish your research and let me know what you would like added to the main SD page, then I would be happy to update the main SD page and cite your articles.  I am Dancer42 on Wikipedia.

 

            Happy dancing,

                   John                      

                                   

John Sweeney, Dancer, England   john@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574

http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent                                         

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