Object Details
Producer
Catalotti, Robert (liner notes)
Performer
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Dodson, Annie Grace Horn, 1904-1975
Brown, Enoch
Skipper, Doretha, 1926-
McIver, Lawrence
Amerson, Rich
Hunter, Janie
Tucker, Joech
Dunbar, Scott
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973
Terry, Lucy
Washington, Dorothy
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
Dee, Ruby (1922-10-27-2014-06-11)
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Davis, Ossie, 1917-2005
West, Kinsey
Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887?
Reed, Dock
Hall, Vera, 1906-1964
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998
Author
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Performer
Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967
Ferguson, Mary
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
Terry, Sonny
Johnson, Fenton
Cotten, Elizabeth (1893-1987)
Randolph, Percy
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
Asch, Moses
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Leadbelly, 1885-1949
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955
Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989
Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958
Pierce, Billie, 1907-1974
Pierce, De De, 1904-1973
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
Jackson, David
Nicholas, Big Nick, 1922-1997
Miller, John
Johnson, Juanita
Spann, Otis, 1930-1970
Muddy Waters, 1915-1983
Ribot, Marc
Burke, Solomon
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Fabio, Ronald
Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-
Wallace, Wayne
Giovanni, Nikki
Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
Bluiett, Hamiet
Cortez, Jayne
Boudreaux, Joseph, 1941-
Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
Creator
Davis, Gary, 1896-1972
Performer
Arrested Development (Musical group)
Children of East York School
Jubilee Singers
Inmates of Ramsey or Retrieve
Gospel Tones (Vocal group)
Realtones
Freedom Singers (SNCC)
Golden Eagles (Musical group)
Collection Creator
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
Collection Citation
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
The struggle / L. Hughes (0:22) -- Field call / A.G.H. Dodson (1:15) -- Complaint call / E. Brown (0:40) -- Intro and Kneebone Bend / L. McKiver, D. Skipper (2:51) -- Brother Terrapin, slow train to Arkansas / R. Amerson (1:56) -- Jack and Mary and three dogs / J. Hunter (5:53) -- Buck dance / J. Tucker (1:19) -- I'm goin' up north / Children of East York School (1:22) -- Pharaoh's host got lost / L. McKiver (1:32) -- Bars fight / L. Terry (read by A. Bontemps) (1:23) -- Earl of Dartmouth / P. Wheatley (read by D.F. Washington) (0:49) -- I wonder where my brother gone / A.G.H. Dodson (1:17) -- Narrative / H. Tubman (read by D.F. Washington) (0:59) -- Speech at Akron Convention / S. Truth (read by R. Dee) (2:05) -- Singing slaves / F. Douglass (read by O. Davis) (1:03) -- Steal away to Jesus / K. West (1:50) -- What to the slave is the Fourth of July? / F. Douglass (read by O. Davis) (2:36) -- Why slavery is still rampant / S.P. Parker (read by R. Dee) (1:47) -- Free at last / D. Reed and V.H. Ward (1:33) -- When Malindy sings / P.L. Dunbar (read by M. Walker) (3:48) -- There's a great camp meeting / Fisk Jubilee Singers (2:01) -- Atlanta Exposition address / B.T. Washington (1:16) -- John Henry / B. McGhee and S. Terry (4:03) -- Banjo player / F. Johnson (read by A. Bontemps) (0:44) -- Boatman dance / E. Cotten (1:42) -- Shine / P. Randolph (1:03) -- Chopping in the new ground / Inmates of Ramsay or Retrieve State Farms, TX (1:37) -- Lynching, our national crime / I.B. Wells-Barnett (read by R. Dee) (3:43) -- A recorded autobiography / W.E.B. Du Bois (2:33) -- Listen Lord, a prayer / J.W. Johnson (read by M. Walker) (2:55) -- My heart is fixed / G. Davis (2:04) -- The Titanic / Lead Belly (4:04) -- Heritage / C. Cullen (2:58) -- Jungle drums / J.P. Johnson (2:32). No more auction block / P. Robeson (2:09) -- Negro speaks of rivers / L. Hughes (0:43) -- If we must die / C. McKay (0:57) -- Ma Rainey / S. Brown (2:06) -- Backwater blues / B.B. Broonzy (2:47) -- Married man blues / B. and D.D. Pierce (5:11) -- For my people / M. Walker (5:41) -- Children of the poor, sonnet 2 / G. Brooks (0:47) -- Body and soul / G. Nicholas (3:48) -- How He delivered me / J. Johnson & the Gospel Tones (2:39) -- Long distance call / M. Waters (6:58) -- Cry to me / S. Burke (2:13) -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around / SNCC Freedom Singers (2:31) -- Birmingham 1963 - Keep moving / M.L. King, Jr. (3:42) -- Black Panther Party platform / B. Seale (2:59) -- Interview (excerpt) / A. Davis (1:05) -- Together to the tune of Coltrane's "Equinox" / S.W. Fabio (1:40) -- Nikki-Rosa / N. Giovanni (1:12) -- Liberation/poem / S. Sanchez (0:34) -- Dope / A. Baraka (4:48) -- Village of Brooklyn, Illinois / H. Bluiett (3:30) -- For the poets / J. Cortez (3:56) -- Shotgun Joe / Golden Eagles (5:19) -- St. Louis woman / I. Reed (1:26) -- People everyday / Arrested Development (3:27).
Track Information
101 The Struggle / Langston Hughes.
102 Field Call / Annie Grace Horn Dodson.
103 Complaint Call / Enoch Brown.
104 Intro and Knee Bend / Doretha Skipper, Lawrence McIver.
105 Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to Arkansas / Rich Amerson.
106 Jack and Mary and Three Dogs / Janie Hunter.
107 Buck Dance (excerpt) / Joech Tucker, Scott Dunbar.
108 I'm Goin' Up North / Children of East York School.
109 Pharaoh's Host Got Lost / Lawrence McIver.
110 Bar Fights / Arna Wendell Bontemps, Lucy Terry.
111 Earl of Dartmouth (excerpt) / Dorothy Washington, Phillis Wheatley.
112 I Wonder Where My Brother Gone / Annie Grace Horn Dodson.
113 Narrative (excerpt) / Dorothy Washington, Harriet Tubman.
114 Speech at Akron Convention / Ruby Dee, Sojourner Truth.
115 Singing Slaves / Frederick Douglass, Ossie Davis.
116 Steal Away to Jesus / Kinsey West.
117 What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? (excerpt) / Frederick Douglass, Ossie Davis.
118 Why Slvery is Still Rampant (excerpt) / Ruby Dee, Sarah Parker Remond.
119 Free At Last / Dock Reed, Vera Hall.
120 When Malindy Sings / Margaret Walker, Paul Laurence Dunbar.
121 There's A Great Camp Meeting / Jubilee Singers, John W. (John Wesley) Work, Mary Ferguson.
122 Atlanta Exposition Address / Booker T. Washington.
123 John Henry / Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry.
124 Banjo Player / Arna Wendell Bontemps, Fenton Johnson.
125 Boatman Dance / Elizabeth Cotten.
126 Shine / Percy Randolph.
127 Chopping in the New Ground / Inmates of Ramsey or Retrieve.
128 Lynching, Our National Crime / Ruby Dee, Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
129 A Recorded Autobiography / Moses Asch, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) DuBois.
130 Listen Lord, A Prayer / Margaret Walker, James Weldon Johnson.
131 My Heart is Fixed / Gary Davis.
132 The Titanic / Lead Belly.
133 Heritage / Countee Cullen.
134 Jungle Drums / James P. (James Price) Johnson.
201 No More Auction Block / Paul Robeson.
202 The Negro Speaks of Rivers / Langston Hughes.
203 If We Must Die / Claude McKay.
204 Ma Rainey / Sterling Brown.
205 Backwater Blues / Bill Broonzy.
206 Married Man Blues / Billie Pierce, De De Pierce.
207 For My People / Margaret Walker.
208 The Children of the Poor, Sonnet 2 / Gwendolyn Brooks.
209 Body and Soul / David Jackson, Big Nick Nicholas, John Miller.
210 How He Delivered Me / Gospel Tones (Vocal group), Juanita Johnson.
211 Long Distance Calls / Otis Spann, Muddy Waters.
212 Cry To Me / Realtones, Marc Ribot, Solomon Burke.
213 Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around / Freedom Singers.
214 Birmingham 1963 - Keep Moving / Martin Luther, Jr. King.
215 Black Panther Party Platform / Bobby Seale.
216 Interview (excerpt) / Angela Yvonne Davis.
217 Together to the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox" (excerpt) / Ronald Fabio, Sarah Webster Fabio, Wayne Wallace.
218 Nikki-Rosa / Nikki Giovanni.
219 liberation/poem / Sonia Sanchez.
220 Dope / Imamu Amiri Baraka.
221 The Village of Brooklyn, Illinois 62059 (excerpt) / Hamiet Bluiett.
222 For the Poets / Jayne Cortez.
223 Shotgun Joe / Golden Eagles (Musical group), Joseph Boudreaux.
224 St. Louis Woman / Ishmael Reed.
225 People Everyday / Arrested Development (Musical group).
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Local Numbers
SF-COMM-CD-47003
Smithsonian Folkways.47003
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Folkways 2001
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
Recorded in: Birmingham (Ala.), Albany (Ga.), Washington (D.C.), Texas, New Orleans (La.), Louisiana, Chapel Hill (N.C.), North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, New York, United States.
General
Commercial
compiled, annotated and produced by Robert H. Cataliotti
Place
United States
New York
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Louisiana
New Orleans (La.)
Texas
Washington (D.C.)
Albany (Ga.)
Birmingham (Ala.)
United States--Northeast
Ohio
Akron (Ohio)
Rochester (N.Y.)
England
Atlanta (Ga.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Carolinas
Michigan
Illinois
Topic
Spoken word
Folk songs -- United States
Folk tales and legends
Buck dancing
Circle games
Shouts
Poetry
Narratives
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Spirituals (Songs)
Choral music
Blues (Music)
Cries
Prisoners' songs
Autobiography
Gospel music
Topical songs
Instrumental music
Stride piano
New Orleans jazz
Jazz
Rhythm and blues music
Interviews
Mardi Gras Indians
Rap (Music)
African Americans
Producer
Catalotti, Robert (liner notes)
Performer
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Dodson, Annie Grace Horn, 1904-1975
Brown, Enoch
Skipper, Doretha, 1926-
McIver, Lawrence
Amerson, Rich
Hunter, Janie
Tucker, Joech
Dunbar, Scott
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973
Terry, Lucy
Washington, Dorothy
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
Dee, Ruby (1922-10-27-2014-06-11)
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Davis, Ossie, 1917-2005
West, Kinsey
Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887?
Reed, Dock
Hall, Vera, 1906-1964
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998
Author
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Performer
Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967
Ferguson, Mary
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
Terry, Sonny
Johnson, Fenton
Cotten, Elizabeth (1893-1987)
Randolph, Percy
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
Asch, Moses
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Leadbelly, 1885-1949
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955
Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989
Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958
Pierce, Billie, 1907-1974
Pierce, De De, 1904-1973
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
Jackson, David
Nicholas, Big Nick, 1922-1997
Miller, John
Johnson, Juanita
Spann, Otis, 1930-1970
Muddy Waters, 1915-1983
Ribot, Marc
Burke, Solomon
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Fabio, Ronald
Fabio, Sarah Webster, 1928-
Wallace, Wayne
Giovanni, Nikki
Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
Bluiett, Hamiet
Cortez, Jayne
Boudreaux, Joseph, 1941-
Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
Creator
Davis, Gary, 1896-1972
Performer
Arrested Development (Musical group)
Children of East York School
Jubilee Singers
Inmates of Ramsey or Retrieve
Gospel Tones (Vocal group)
Realtones
Freedom Singers (SNCC)
Golden Eagles (Musical group)
Culture
Americans
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Extent
2 Sound discs (digital, 4 3/4 in.)
Date
2001
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
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Type
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