Originally issued as compact discs.

Notes inserted in original slipcase.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.

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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. Parker, read by R. Dee (1:47)

Free at last / D. Reed ad 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)

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)

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).

African Americans > Literary collections.

African Americans > History > Sources.

Speeches, addresses, etc. > African American authors.

Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.