
1
Struggle, The - Langston Hughes
2
Field Call - Annie Grace Horn Dodson
3
Complaint Call - Enoch Brown
4
Intro and Kneebone Bend - Lawrencs McKiver/Doretha Skipper
5
Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to Arkansas - Rich Manuel "Rich" Am
6
Jack and Mary and Three Dogs - Mrs. Janie Hunter
7
Buck Dance - Joe Tucker
8
I'm Goin' up North - Children Of East York School
9
Pharaoh's Host Got Lost - Lawrencs McKiver
10
Bars Fight - Lucy Terry
11
Earl of Datrmouth - Phillis Wheatley
12
I Wonder Where My Brother Gone - Annie Grace Horn Dodson
13
Narrative - Harriet Tubman
14
Speech at Akron Convention - Sojourner Truth
15
Singing Slaves - Frederick Douglass
16
Steal Away to Jesus - Kinsey West
17
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass
18
Why Slavery Is Still Rampant? - Sarah Parker
19
Free at Last - Dock Read & Vera Hall Ward
20
When Malindy Sings - Paul Laurence Dunbar
21
There's a Great Camp Meeting - Fisk University Jubilee Singers
22
Atlanta Exposition Address - Booker T. Washington
23
John Henry - Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry
24
Banjo Player - Fenton Johnson
25
Boatman Dance - Elizabeth Cotten
26
Shine - Percy Randolph
27
Chopping in the New Ground - Inmates Of Ramsey
28
Lynching, Our National Crime - Ida B Wells-Barnett
29
Recorded Autobiography, A - W.E.B. Du Bois
30
Listen Lord, A Prayer - James Weldon Johnson
31
My Heart Is Fixed - Rev. Gary Davis
32
Titanic, The - Leadbelly
33
Heritage - Countee Cullen
34
Jungle Drums - James P. Johnson
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Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
Every Tone A Testimony
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
This double CD draws upon the collection at the Smithsonian Folkways archive to create a history of African American life and culture in sound- an aural history. Encompassing both the African American oral and literary traditions, these 59 tracks feature an unparalleled assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by historically renowned African American musicians, writers, and activists. The sounds collected here are testimony to the power, creativity, and resilience of Black expressive forms that have received recognition throughout the world.
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