Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to Arkansas - Amerson, Richard Ma
Jack and Mary and Three Dogs
Buck Dance - Tucker, Joe
I'm Going up North
Pharaoh's Host Got Lost
Bars Fight - Terry, Lucy
Earl of Dartmouth - Wheatley, Phillis
I Wonder Where My Brother Gone
Narrative - Tubman, Harriet
Speech at Akron Convention - Truth, Sojourner
Singing Slaves - Douglas, Frederick
Steal Away to Jesus
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? - Douglas, Frederick
Why Slavery Is Still Rampant - Remond, Sarah Parke
Free at Last
When Malindy Sings - Dunbar, Paul Lauren
There's a Great Camp Meeting
Atlanta Exposition Address - Washington, Booker
John Henry - Traditional
Banjo Player - Johnson, Fenton
Boatman Dance - Traditional
Shine
Chopping in the New Ground
Lynching, Our National Crime - Wells-Barnett, Ida
A Recorded Autobiography
Listen Lord, a Prayer - Johnson, James Weld
My Heart Is Fixed - Davis, Gary [1]
The Titanic - Leadbelly
Heritage - Cullen, Countee
Jungle Drums
Track Listings (25) - Disc #2
No More Auction Block - Traditional
The Negro Speaks of Rivers - Hughes, Langston
If We Must Die - McKay, Claude
Ma Rainey - Brown, Sterling A.
Backwater Blues (I Got up One Mornin' Blues) - Broonzy, Big Bill
Married Man Blues
For My People - Walker, Margaret
The Children of the Poor, Sonnet 2 - Brooks, Gwendolyn
Body and Soul - Eyton, Frank
How He Delivered Me
Long Distance Call - Waters, Muddy
Cry to Me [Live] - Russell, Bert
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
Birmingham 1963-Keep Moving
Black Panther Party Platform
Interview [Excerpt]
Together to the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox"
Nikki Rosa
Liberation/Poem
Dope
The Village of Brooklyn, Illinois 62059 - Bluiett, Hamiet
For the Poets
Shotgun Joe - Golden Eagles
St. Louis Woman
People Everyday - Arrested Developmen
This double CD draws upon the collection at the Smithsonian Folkways archive to create a history of African American life and culture in sound- an aural history. Encompassing both the African American oral and literary tra... more »ditions, these 59 tracks feature an unparalleled assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by historically renowned African American musicians, writers, and activists. The sounds collected here are testimony to the power, creativity, and resilience of Black expressive forms that have received recognition throughout the world. 59 tracks run 2 hours, 27 minutes, 40-page booklet.« less
This double CD draws upon the collection at the Smithsonian Folkways archive to create a history of African American life and culture in sound- an aural history. Encompassing both the African American oral and literary traditions, these 59 tracks feature an unparalleled assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by historically renowned African American musicians, writers, and activists. The sounds collected here are testimony to the power, creativity, and resilience of Black expressive forms that have received recognition throughout the world. 59 tracks run 2 hours, 27 minutes, 40-page booklet.