Black communities
TV diversity, Whitney royalties, Beyoncé's welcome, BLM, and renaming Dixie Stampede.
Dolly.
Songs. Books. Backbone. A cup of ambition.
An open celebration — the hits, the typewriter, and everyone she stood with. Play the tape. Steal a quote. Remix the data.
240M+
Books into kids' hands
3,000+
Songs written
5
Countries with free books
80
Years young
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Locust Ridge · 1946
Born in a One-Room Cabin
“We were rich in kindness and love and understanding.”
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Where She Came From →
What would Dolly say?
What's going on? She's probably already said it better.
Who she stood with
A famous name, used on purpose — for working women, kids who needed books, her home state, and people who were told they didn't belong.
Tennessee
Dollywood jobs, Smoky Mountain books, Gatlinburg wildfire relief, and a state holiday.
LGBTQ+ folks
AIDS-era action, the 1991 song "Family," drag culture, marriage equality, and Tennessee defense.
Working women
The anthem that walked out of a typewriter and into offices.
Kids who need books
One book a month, in honor of a daddy who never learned to read.
The data is open. Take it.
Quotes, tags, philanthropy, advocacy, song and film stories — a CC-BY-4.0 harbor. Use it in class, an app, or a playlist essay. The files are the party favors.
Moments & quotes
35 stories with quotes, sources, and tags
Songs
Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, I Will Always Love You, 9 to 5
Film & production
Nine to Five and the workplace anthem behind it
Letters
Who she wrote to — typed notes, faxes, song-letters
Photo credits
Wikimedia Commons licenses for every portrait
All 35 moments
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