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The book and double-album were released on June 17 by Jalopy Records in New York and a film of the same name documents the process of discovering and recording American slave rebellion songs that ...
Genealogist Kenyatta D. Berry examines how song was used by slaves to both communicate and express feeling in the moment, as well as and pass history down through generations.
Choreographer Karen Charles was thinking about making a dance set to slave songs, and about her own diverse dance company, when she had an a-ha moment: “I thought, ‘It’s easy to see the ...
The cover of this sheet-music for "The Fugitive's Song" shows a fictionalized and inaccurate version of the escape from slavery of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), who actually fled by ship.
Since his early songs, Kanye West has rapped about the legacy of slavery and its modern forms. His recent statements have stirred controversy.
A new compilation, Songs of Slavery and Emancipation, restores this revolutionary spirit through the music of slave organizers, freedom fighters, and abolitionists.
Director Malcolm Washington, star Erykah Badu, and more on how the film adaptation of August Wilson's play draws on blues, work songs and spirituals.
Genealogist Kenyatta D. Berry examines how song was used by slaves to both communicate and express feeling in the moment, as well as and pass history down through generations.
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