Books in Traditional Black Music series

African-American songs made memorable in the sixties by the civil rights movement are accompanied by notes describing their historical background and their role in the continuing struggle of African Americans

African-American songs made memorable in the sixties by the civil rights movement are accompanied by notes describing their historical background and their role in the continuing struggle of African Americans

Contains the lyrics, piano arrangements, and guitar chords of traditional black Christmas songs for children, along with a history of the songs in both Africa and America and accompanied by photographs of historical events.

A songbook of West Indian folk songs and music with pictures and captions.

A songbook of African folk songs and music with pictures and captions.

A collection of spirituals reveals how African Americans expressed their pain and hope in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries

A collection of more than two dozen songs sung by African American slaves.

A collection of gospel songs that reveal how African American churches expressed the joy and hope of their faith in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Contains the lyrics, piano arrangements, and guitar chords of traditional Black songs for children, along with a history of the songs in Africa and America, accompanied by historical photographs

A songbook of African folk songs and music with pictures and captions.

Capturing the rich music of African-American history, this volume consists of the lyrics, piano arrangements, and guitar chords for songs sung by the African-American slaves and illustrates the history of the songs with text and photographs.

A collection of African American work songs, including songs sung by prisoners, field workers, railroaders, and construction laborers