Pt. 7. Spirituals: Religion through songs of the Southern Negroes.

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Spirituals. (excerpts from) The new buryin' ground (Willie Williams and group) ; Jesus, my God, I know his name (Willie Henry Washington and group) ; Choose your seat and set down (Dock Reed, Henry Reed, and Vera Hall) ; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (Annie May Jefferson and Ozella Jones) ; Lead me to the rock (Wash Dennis and Charlie Sims) ; If I got my ticket, Lord (Jim Boyd) ; The blood-stained banders (Jimmie Strothers); God don't like it, no no (D.W. White and Pearson's Funeral Home Choir) --


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