African American Music Midterm Texts and Songs

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Fisk University Jubilee Singers, 1919

Steal Away

Fisk University Jubilee Singers, 2019

Go Down Moses

Marian Anderson, 1926

Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen

Paul Robeson, 1926

House Rent Blues

Bessie Smith, 1924

Washwoman’s Blues

Bessie Smith, 1928

Chain Gang Blues

Gertrude Ma Rainey, 1926

Hustlin’ Blues

Gertrude Ma Rainey, 1924

We Shall Overcome

SNCC Freedom Singers, 1960’s

We Shall Not Be Moved

SNCC Freedom Singers, 1963

Wade in The Water

Fannie Lou Hammer, 1960’s

Come Bah Yah

Willie Peacock, 1960’s

Certainly Lord

Fannie Lou Hammer, 1963

Driva’ Man

Max Roach, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, 1961

Freedom Day

Max Roach, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, 1961

All Africa

Max Roach, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, 1961

Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace

Max Roach, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, 1961

Tears For Johannesburg

Max Roach, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, 1961

W. E. B. Du Bois

Of The Sorrow Songs, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903

Angela Davis

Blame It On The Blues: Bessie Smith, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and the Politics of Blues Protest, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, 1998

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Let the Church Sing Freedom, Black Music Research Journal, 1987

Max Roach and Arthur Taylor

Max Roach: It Always Comes Out, Notes and Tones Musician to Musician Interviews, 1977