John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913 â€" April 9, 1990) was a storyteller
and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against the entertainment
industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist.John Henry
Faulk was born in Austin, Texas to Methodist parents Henry Faulk and
his wife Martha Miner Faulk. John Henry had four siblings.Faulk spent
his childhood years in Austin in the noted Victorian house Green
Pastures. A journalist acquaintance from Austin has written that the
two of them came from "extremely similar family backgrounds -- the old
Southern wealth with rich heritage and families dedicated to civil
rights long before it was hip to fight racism." Faulk enrolled at the
University of Texas in Austin in 1932. He became a protégé of J.
Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, Roy Bedichek, and Mody C.
Boatright, enabling Faulk to hone his skills as a folklorist. He
earned a master's degree in folklore with his thesis "Ten Negro
Sermons". He further began to craft his oratory style as a part-time
English teacher at the university 1940â€"1942, relating Texas folk
tales peppered with his gift of character impersonations.
and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against the entertainment
industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist.John Henry
Faulk was born in Austin, Texas to Methodist parents Henry Faulk and
his wife Martha Miner Faulk. John Henry had four siblings.Faulk spent
his childhood years in Austin in the noted Victorian house Green
Pastures. A journalist acquaintance from Austin has written that the
two of them came from "extremely similar family backgrounds -- the old
Southern wealth with rich heritage and families dedicated to civil
rights long before it was hip to fight racism." Faulk enrolled at the
University of Texas in Austin in 1932. He became a protégé of J.
Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, Roy Bedichek, and Mody C.
Boatright, enabling Faulk to hone his skills as a folklorist. He
earned a master's degree in folklore with his thesis "Ten Negro
Sermons". He further began to craft his oratory style as a part-time
English teacher at the university 1940â€"1942, relating Texas folk
tales peppered with his gift of character impersonations.
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