B. Brian Foster is a writer, ethnographer, archivist, and multi-medium storyteller working to document and interpret the culture, folklore, and placemaking practices of Black communities in the rural U.S. South. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, and is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.

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He is author of two books, the award-winning I Don't Like the Blues and Ghosts of Segregation (with photographer Rich Frishman). He is also writer and director of We, an anthology of three short films (featuring camera work by filmmaker Ethan Payne).