African Americans -- Songs and music
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African Americans -- Songs and music
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African Americans
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- Black, brown and beige.
- Songs of struggle and redemption, we shall overcome, Bashon Burton, Bass-Baritone
- Negro folk rhythms
- Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, compiled by Willis C. Patterson ; preface by George Shirley ; introduction by Wendell P. Whalum
- Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas., Instrumental arrangements by Milton Kaye. English version of foreign lyrics by Margaret Marks. Drawings by Alexander Dobkin
- Publications of the Texas Folk-lore Society, edited by J. Frank Dobie, Number II
- Mellows,, a chronicle of unknown singers,, by R. Emmet Kennedy; decorations by Simmons Persons
- BAYOU BALLADS TWELVE FOLK SONG FROM LOUISIANA
- The Negro and his songs;, a study of typical Negro songs in the South,, by Howard W. Odum and Guy B. Johnson
- Lift every voice and sing, James Weldon Johnson ; illustrations by Elizabeth Catlett ; introduction by Jim Haskins
- Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings., With...illustrations by A.B. Frost and frontispiece in color by Edward C. Caswell
- Mules and men., With an introd. by Franz Boas. [Introduction to the Perennial edition: Darwin T. Turner] 10 illus. by Miguel Covarrubias
- Slave songs of the United States;, the complete original collection (136 songs) collected and comp. by William Francis Allen. Charles Pickard Ware, and Lucy McKim Garrison in 1867, with new piano arr. and guitar chords by Irving Schlein
- More mellows,, by R. Emmet Kennedy
- When hell freezes over, I'll skate, a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York, Great Performances, Theater in America ; produced by Emile Ardolino and Judy Kinberg ; directed by Vinnette Carroll and Emile Ardolino
- Ballads of Black America.
- Uncle Remus,, his songs and his sayings
- Lift ev'ry voice and sing, by James Weldon Johnson ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Say it loud!, a history of Black music in America
- Hampton series negro folk-songs,, recorded by Natalie Curtis-Burlin ..
- African American folk rhythms, Ella Jenkins and the Goodwill Spiritual Choir of Monumental Baptist Church
- Coffee in the gourd,, edited by J. Frank Dobie..
- Duke Ellington's my people, Duke Ellington
- The Leadbelly songbook;, the ballads, blues, and folksongs of Huddie Ledbetter., Edited by Moses Asch and Alan Lomax. [Musical transcriptions by Jerry Silverman. Introductory essays and biographical sketches by Frederic Ramsey, Jr., Charles Edward Smith, Alan Lomax, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Foreword by Moses Asch]
- Singing soldiers,, by John J. Niles; illustrated by Margaret Thorniley Williamson
- Harbinger, Negro spirituals, a musical miracle, by Ann Lee-Thompson
- Black cameos,, by R. Emmet Kennedy; decorations by Edward Larocque Tinker
- American ballads and folk songs,, collected and compiled by John A. Lomax ... and Alan Lomax; with a foreword by George Lyman Kittredge
- Songs of American folks
- American negro songs from slavery times
- Coffee in the gourd., Edited by J. Frank Dobie
- Steamboatin' days, folk songs of the river packet era, [by] Mary Wheeler
- Let's clap, jump, sing & shout; dance, spin & turn it out!, games, songs & stories from an African American childhood, collected by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- This ain't no mouse music!, Sage Blossom Productions presents a film by Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling ; produced and directed by Chris Simon & Maureen Gosling
- Negro songs from Alabama;, music transcribed by John Benson Brooks
- Dan Emmett and the rise of early Negro minstrelsy
- Lift every voice and sing, a pictorial tribute to the Negro national anthem, by James Weldon Johnson
- Folk blues;, 110 American folk blues., Compiled, edited, and arr. for voice, piano, and guitar by Jerry Silverman. With a chart of basic guitar chord fingering patterns and a full bibliography and discography
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