| Format | 2 Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | SFW47003 |
| Barcode | 093074700327 |
| label | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Release date | 6/1/2012 |
| Release date | 2/27/2001 |
| salesrank | 13116 |
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 two hours and 27 minutes. 40-page booklet.
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- 1.The Struggle
- 2.Field Call
- 3.Complaint Call
- 4.Intro And Kneebone Bend
- 5.Brother Terrapin, Slow Train To Arkansas
- 6.Jack And Mary Three Dogs
- 7.Buck Dance
- 8.I´m Going Up North
- 9.Pharoah´s Host Got Lost
- 10.Bars Fight
- 11.Earl Of Dartmouth
- 12.I Wonder Where My Brother Gone
- 13.Narrative
- 14.Speech At Akron Convention
- 15.Singing Slaves
- 16.Steal Away To Jesus
- 17.What To The Salve Is The Fourth Of July
- 18.Why Is Salvery Still Rampant
- 19.Free At Last
- 20.When Malindy Sings
- 21.There´s A Great Camp Meeting
- 22.Atlanta Exposition Address
- 23.John Henry
- 24.Banjo Player
- 25.Boatman Dance
- 26.Shine
- 27.Chopping In New Ground
- 28.Lynching, Our National Crime
- 29.A Recorded Autobiogrqaphy
- 30.Listen Lord, A Prayer
- 31.My Heaert Is Fixed
- 32.The Titanic
- 33.Heritage
- 34.Jungle Drums
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- 1.No More Auction Block
- 2.The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
- 3.If We Must Die
- 4.Ma Rainey
- 5.Backwater Blues
- 6.Married Man Blues
- 7.For My People
- 8.The Children Of The Poor, Sonnet 2
- 9.Body And Soul
- 10.How He Deilvered Me
- 11.Long Distance Call
- 12.Cry To Me
- 13.A´int Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
- 14.Birmingham 1962 -- Keep Moving
- 15.Black Panther Party Platform
- 16.Interviw (Excerpt)
- 17.Together To The Tune Of Coltrane´s Equinox
- 18.Nikki Rosa
- 19.Liberation Poem
- 20.Dope
- 21.The Village Of Brooklyn, Illinois 62059
- 22.For The Poets
- 23.Shotgun Joe
- 24.St. Louis Woman
- 25.People Everyday