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Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
produced by Guy Carawan, 1927-2015 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 1 hour 2 mins
Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers...a moving civil rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. A collection...
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produced by Guy Carawan, 1927-2015 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 1 hour 2 mins
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Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers...a moving civil rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. A collection of glorious songs and heartstopping selections by The SNCC Freedom Singers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and others. ".....
Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers...a moving civil rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. A collection of glorious songs and heartstopping selections by The SNCC Freedom Singers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and others. "...[T]here is wonderful singing here, great conviction, and the immediacy of living truth...powerful documentation of the most important social movement of our time." — Sing Out!
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Guy Carawan, 1927-2015
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Topic / Theme
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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The Wisdom of Malcolm X Vol. 2
performed by Malcolm X, 1925-1965 (Passport Audio, 2006), 49 mins
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performed by Malcolm X, 1925-1965 (Passport Audio, 2006), 49 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Malcolm X, 1925-1965
Author / Creator
Malcolm X, 1925-1965
Date Published / Released
2006-06-29
Publisher
Passport Audio
Topic / Theme
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966
produced by Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1942- (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997), 2 hours 18 mins
This double-CD reissue documents a central aspect of the cultural environment of the Civil Rights Movement, acknowledging songs as the language that focused people's energy. These 43 tracks are a series of musical images, of a people in coversation about their determination to be free. Many of the songs were rec...
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produced by Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1942- (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997), 2 hours 18 mins
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This double-CD reissue documents a central aspect of the cultural environment of the Civil Rights Movement, acknowledging songs as the language that focused people's energy. These 43 tracks are a series of musical images, of a people in coversation about their determination to be free. Many of the songs were recorded live in mass meetings held in churches, where people from different life experiences, predominantly black, with a few white suppo...
This double-CD reissue documents a central aspect of the cultural environment of the Civil Rights Movement, acknowledging songs as the language that focused people's energy. These 43 tracks are a series of musical images, of a people in coversation about their determination to be free. Many of the songs were recorded live in mass meetings held in churches, where people from different life experiences, predominantly black, with a few white supporters, came together in a common struggle. These freedom songs draw from spirituals, gospel, rhythm and blues, football chants, blues and calypso forms. The enclosed booklet written by Bernice Johnson Reagon provides rare historic photographs along with the powerful story of African American musical culture and its role in the Civil Rights Movement. "The music of the spirit with the history of the flesh." — New York Daily News
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Topic / Theme
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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We Shall Overcome
performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2004), 5 mins
We often take for granted the supremacy of artists such as Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and other folk music legends. Classic Folk sheds new light on the success of the urban intellectual-driven movement that made rural white and African-American artists an...
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performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2004), 5 mins
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We often take for granted the supremacy of artists such as Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and other folk music legends. Classic Folk sheds new light on the success of the urban intellectual-driven movement that made rural white and African-American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. This recording features classic performances by classic artists doing some of their c...
We often take for granted the supremacy of artists such as Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and other folk music legends. Classic Folk sheds new light on the success of the urban intellectual-driven movement that made rural white and African-American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. This recording features classic performances by classic artists doing some of their classic songs during the great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s. It features some of the great performances from the vaults of Folkways Records. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place.
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
Author / Creator
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Topic / Theme
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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Blinded by the White: The Hidden History of Postwar Racial Politics
written by Jon Panish; in The Color of Jazz: Race and Representation in Postwar American Culture (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1997), 25-44
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written by Jon Panish; in The Color of Jazz: Race and Representation in Postwar American Culture (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1997), 25-44
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Jon Panish
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Person Discussed
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Jack Kerouac, 1922-1969, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Norman Mailer, 1923-2007, A. Philip Randolph, 1889-1979, Charlie Parker, 1920-1955
Topic / Theme
Caucasian American, African American, Racial integration, Racial identity, Civil rights, Segregation, Fads, Musicians, Writers, Literary criticism, Social consciousness, Migration, African American Music, Jazz, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, New Deal, 1933-1938
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, New Deal, 1933-1938
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4: Afro-American Music, without Apology: The Motown Sound and the Politics of Black Culture
written by Suzanne E. Smith; in Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999), 152-193
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written by Suzanne E. Smith; in Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999), 152-193
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Suzanne E. Smith
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Person Discussed
Malcolm X, 1925-1965, Berry Gordy, Jr., 1929-, Nat King Cole, 1917-1965, Langston Hughes, 1902-1967
Topic / Theme
African American, Racial identity, Political commentary, Death, Racism, Violence, Civil rights, Music origins, Public housing, Marketing and advertising, Magazine articles, Police forces, Music industry, Music education, Performance practice, Performance criticism, Performance influences, Bars and saloons, Artistic collaboration, African American Music, Rock, Malcolm X, Assassination, New York, NY...
African American, Racial identity, Political commentary, Death, Racism, Violence, Civil rights, Music origins, Public housing, Marketing and advertising, Magazine articles, Police forces, Music industry, Music education, Performance practice, Performance criticism, Performance influences, Bars and saloons, Artistic collaboration, African American Music, Rock, Malcolm X, Assassination, New York, NY, February 21, 1965, Watts Race Riots, Los Angeles, CA, August 13, 1965, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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Malcolm X, Assassination, New York, NY, February 21, 1965, Watts Race Riots, Los Angeles, CA, August 13, 1965, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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God Bless America
performed by Various Artists, D’Ortega Orchestra & Emile Cote Glee Club; in Flag Waver: 21 Red, White & Blue Favorites (SOUNDIES, 2006), 1 min
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performed by Various Artists, D’Ortega Orchestra & Emile Cote Glee Club; in Flag Waver: 21 Red, White & Blue Favorites (SOUNDIES, 2006), 1 min
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
D’Ortega Orchestra & Emile Cote Glee Club, Various Artists
Author / Creator
D’Ortega Orchestra & Emile Cote Glee Club, Various Artists
Date Published / Released
2006-01-10
Publisher
SOUNDIES
Topic / Theme
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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Freedom Is, Freedom Ain’t: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties
written by Scott Saul (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003), 410 page(s)
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written by Scott Saul (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003), 410 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Scott Saul
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Topic / Theme
African American Music, Jazz
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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Guide My Feet
produced by Reggie Harris, fl. 1990; performed by Reggie Harris, fl. 1990, Kim Harris, Terry Leonino, fl. 1973 and Greg Artzner, fl. 1973, Magpie (Appleseed, 1999), 1 hour 5 mins, 13 page(s)
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produced by Reggie Harris, fl. 1990; performed by Reggie Harris, fl. 1990, Kim Harris, Terry Leonino, fl. 1973 and Greg Artzner, fl. 1973, Magpie (Appleseed, 1999), 1 hour 5 mins, 13 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Magpie, Reggie Harris, fl. 1990, Kim Harris, Terry Leonino, fl. 1973, Greg Artzner, fl. 1973
Contributor
Terry Leonino, fl. 1973, Chris Andersen, Reggie Harris, fl. 1990
Author / Creator
Magpie, Reggie Harris, fl. 1990, Kim Harris, Terry Leonino, fl. 1973, Greg Artzner, fl. 1973
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Appleseed
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Childhood Chains, Adolescent Aspirations, Chapter 1: "Dear Mama"
written by Michael Eric Dyson, 1958-; in Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2001), 31-56
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written by Michael Eric Dyson, 1958-; in Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2001), 31-56
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Biography
Author / Creator
Michael Eric Dyson, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Basic Civitas Books
Person Discussed
Tupac Amaru Shakur, 1971-1996, Afeni Shakur, 1947-, Jada Pinkett Smith, 1971-
Topic / Theme
African American, Mothers, Race relations, Gender roles, Civil rights, Personal name changes, Racism, Family, Illegal drugs, Poverty, Addictions, Single mothers, Parent-child relations, Abandoned children, Honesty, Prison sentences, Lyrics, Performance influences, African American Music, Hip-Hop, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
Historical Event
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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