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FOLKWAYS RECORDS

THE GLORY OF NEGRO HISTORY

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Artist
HUGHES, LANGSTON
Format
CD
Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Released
May 30, 2012
Catalog #
FOWY7752.2
UPC
093070775220

About

In this collection of prose and song, Langston Hughes narrates the history of the African-American people. Beginning with the struggles associated with slavery and punctuated with African chants and freedom songs sung by Brownie McGhee, Hilda Haynes and Leadbelly, Hughes imparts the glory and triumphs of African-Americans, which include the accomplishments of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver, the founding of the NAACP, the sporting legends Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis and the music of William Grant and Ella Fitzgerald.

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Part I - The Struggle: The Struggle 00:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: The Struggle
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Traditional
  2. 2 Part I - The Struggle: Negroes with the Spanish Explorers 02:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Negroes with the Spanish Explorers
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Traditional
  3. 3 Part I - The Struggle: African Chant 00:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: African Chant
    Duration
    00:11
    Composer
    Traditional
  4. 4 Part I - The Struggle: Phyllis Wheatley 02:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Phyllis Wheatley
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Traditional
  5. 5 Part I - The Struggle: Oh Freedom 00:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Oh Freedom
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Leon Bibb
  6. 6 Part I - The Struggle: Sojourner Truth 03:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Sojourner Truth
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Traditional
  7. 7 Part I - The Struggle: Steal Away 00:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Steal Away
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Hilda Haynes
  8. 8 Part I - The Struggle: Harriet Tubman 02:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Harriet Tubman
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Traditional
  9. 9 Part I - The Struggle: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 00:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Hilda Haynes
  10. 10 Part I - The Struggle: Harriet Tubman, pt. 2 00:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Harriet Tubman, pt. 2
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Traditional
  11. 11 Part I - The Struggle: Old Riley 02:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Old Riley
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  12. 12 Part I - The Struggle: Frederick Douglass 02:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Frederick Douglass
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Traditional
  13. 13 Part I - The Struggle: Go Down Moses 00:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Go Down Moses
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Clark Morgan
  14. 14 Part I - The Struggle: John Brown 01:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: John Brown
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Hermes Nye
  15. 15 Part I - The Struggle: John Brown's Body 02:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: John Brown's Body
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Hermes Nye
  16. 16 Part I - The Struggle: Battle Hymn of the Republic 00:57
    Track
    16
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Battle Hymn of the Republic
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    William Steffe
    Performer
    Brownie McGhee
  17. 17 Part I - The Struggle: Abraham Lincoln 01:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    Part I - The Struggle: Abraham Lincoln
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Traditional
  18. 18 Part II- The Glory: The Glory- Walt Whitman 00:50
    Track
    18
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: The Glory- Walt Whitman
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Traditional
  19. 19 Part II- The Glory: Reconstruction 01:01
    Track
    19
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: Reconstruction
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Traditional
  20. 20 Part II - The Glory: Trouble in Mind 02:04
    Track
    20
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: Trouble in Mind
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Bertha "Chippie" Hill
  21. 21 Part II- The Glory: Booker T. Washington 05:09
    Track
    21
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: Booker T. Washington
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Traditional
  22. 22 Part II- The Glory: George Washington Carver 01:11
    Track
    22
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: George Washington Carver
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Traditional
  23. 23 Part II - The Glory: Dallas Rag 02:53
    Track
    23
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: Dallas Rag
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Dallas String Band
  24. 24 Part II - The Glory: Little Brown Baby 02:46
    Track
    24
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: Little Brown Baby
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Paul Laurence Dunbar
  25. 25 Part II - The Glory: I'm Not Rough 02:45
    Track
    25
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: I'm Not Rough
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Louis Armstrong
  26. 26 Part II- The Glory: World War I 00:41
    Track
    26
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: World War I
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Traditional
  27. 27 Part II - The Glory: If We Must Die 01:05
    Track
    27
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: If We Must Die
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Claude McKay
  28. 28 Part II- The Glory: NAACP Founding and Activities 02:17
    Track
    28
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: NAACP Founding and Activities
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Traditional
  29. 29 Part II - The Glory: Organ Grinder's Swing 00:46
    Track
    29
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: Organ Grinder's Swing
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Ella Fitzgerald
  30. 30 Part II - The Glory: Ralph Bunche 00:46
    Track
    30
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: Ralph Bunche
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Traditional
  31. 31 Part II- The Glory: Mary McLeod Bethune 02:29
    Track
    31
    Title
    Part II- The Glory: Mary McLeod Bethune
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Traditional
  32. 32 Part II - The Glory: Battle Hymn of the Republic 00:35
    Track
    32
    Title
    Part II - The Glory: Battle Hymn of the Republic
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    George D. McClain