Articles about 'Historical African American'
July 22nd, 2011
Brer Rabbit (Brother Rabbit) is a trickster figure in folktales from the South of the US. The character of the trickster, be it rabbit, spider (like anansi) or something else, has its roots in African stories.
Brer Rabbit can be found in Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories. Uncle Remus is a collection of African...
July 8th, 2011
American children’s folk singer Ella Jenkins released a new cd earlier this year. It’s called A Life of Song.
Ella’s music is a lovely way to introduce kids to American folk songs and spirituals. She actually sings some of the songs with children on this cd.
The cd starts out with Pick a Bale of Cotton. ...
February 24th, 2011
I just posted “Mamy don’t yo’ cook no mo’” from the Work Projects Administration’s Slave Narratives.
For that project, the government sent out interviewers to talk with and write down the memories of ex-slaves, many of whom were still alive. Thanks to this, today we can read about their lives in their own words....
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December 2nd, 2009
In the 1930’s, the US government did a series of interviews with former slaves. Project Gutenberg, just posted some of the interviews from Texas from 1936-1938. They’re called Slave Narratives.
Wes Brady
I pulled out some excerpts that revolved around songs that some of the former slaves remembered singing. Some were kids songs, some dancing songs,...
May 27th, 2009
The US government did a series of interviews with former slaves in the 1930’s. Project Gutenberg, has posted some of the interviews from Virginia. They’re called “Slave Narratives – A Folk History of Slavery in the United States – From Interviews with Former Slaves”.
I found some songs in one of the the...
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