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2023 Reprint of the 1940 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This music collections provides words and music to 230 classic African-American Folk songs. Here are the original spirituals, the mournful Blues, the rhythmic work songs, the high-hearted cake-walk and the dance tunes of African Americans in the United States up to World War II. This collection was assembled by Dr. Joh...

This remarkable book recovers three invaluable perspectives, long thought to have been lost, on the culture and music of the Mississippi Delta.

An African-American Trilogy features three distinct stories based on historical figures. The first, "My Name Is Ida B. Wells, " describes the late 19th- and early 20th-century battles forged by the newspaperwoman against racial discrimination, and the growing scourge of lynching around the nation, and especially in Memphis, Tennessee. A young reporter idolizes Ida and seeks to emulate her. In fear of her life from an enraged white mob, I...

Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "John Henry, " and gives words and music for 230 songs. Bibliography. Index of Song Titles.

African-American scholars from Fisk University and the Library of Congress conducted a study in 1941-42 on the culture and music of the black community of the Mississippi Delta. Long thought to have been lost, this study has been recovered and includes 160 song transcriptions. (Music)