Every tone a testimony : an African American aural history / compiled, annotated and produced by Robert H. Cataliotti.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Cataliotti, Robert H., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History--Sources.

African Americans.

History.

Speeches, addresses, etc.

African American authors.

African Americans--Literary collections.

Speeches, addresses, etc--African American authors.

African Americans--Music.

Ethnic music recordings, African American.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings, African American.

Genre:

Sources.

Literary collections.

Sound recordings.

Music.

Literature.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (147 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

African American aural history

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings : Folkways Records, [2001]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Contents:

Disc 1. The oral tradition. 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)

Testimony against slavery. 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)

Reconstruction and repression. 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 / Booker T. Washington (1:16) ; John Henry / 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)

Voices of pride and protest 1. 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)

Disc 2. Voices of pride and protest 2. 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)

The sounds of twentieth century America. 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)

Voices of civil rights and Black power. 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)

Contemporary African American voices. 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)

Notes:

Compact disc.

Extensive technical and historical notes (36 p.) in slipcase.

Bibliographical references included in notes (page 34).

ISBN:

0970494211

OCLC:

51537225

Publisher Number:

SFW CD 47003 Smithsonian Folkways