African-American Labor And Civil Rights Music
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Harry Belafonte
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall CD $23
Includes "John Henry" and "Day O (The Banana Boat Song)".
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Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Aural History 2-CD Set $26
Songs, poetry and narratives about slavery, work and
protest by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Paul Robeson and others.
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Freedom Is A
Constant Struggle 2-CD set $25
Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Features Phil Ochs, Peter, Paul
and Mary, Bob Dylan, Odetta, Sweet Honey In The Rock, the SNCC Freedom Singers,
Tom Paxton, and others.
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Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble
Weapons of Mass Construction CD $15
Celebrating 20 years of workplace and community organizing as well as performing and creating
music in the South.
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John L. Handcox: Songs, Poems and Stories of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
CD $16
Ten songs (including his classic "Roll the Union On"), two poems, and an interview with Handcox
by Joe Glazer and labor historian Michael Honey.
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Kim and Reggie Harris
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad CD $15
Traditional and contemporary songs about the flight from slavery to freedom.
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Kim and Reggie Harris
Get On Board!: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 CD $15
The follow-up CD to "Steal Away" with guest artists Danny Glover, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Guy Davis,
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr., Baby Jay, Matt and Marshall Jones, and Magpie.
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Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together CD $17
Labor songs and recitations for children.
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Leadbelly Where Did You Sleep Last Night? CD $17
Folkways re-release of 34 classics including "Goodnight Irene", "Pick a Bale of Cotton", "Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie"
and Rock Island Line.
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Harold Palmer
Stand Up Together CD $15
Inspirational songs for working people sung by the Regional Director of OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4. Includes 16 Tons, Joe Hill, Solidarity Forever.
Sixteen Tons - courtesy of Palmerhouse
Productions.
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Pam Parker
Bread & Roses CD $15
A wonderful live jazz recording that showcases Pam's expressive and rich vocals as well as her sense of humor.
Includes the labor classic "Bread and Roses".
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Pam Parker
Imagine CD $15
Includes Truck Driving Woman, We Speak Louder than Machines, Congo Square, and, of course, Imagine.
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Paul Robeson
Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert CD $10
The album begins with Robeson's stirring 1947 reading of the Langston Hughes
poem "Freedom Train," and concludes with a 1957 concert given by telephone for
Miners in Wales when the United States Government denied Robeson's right to
travel due to his political beliefs.
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Paul Robeson
The Peace Arch Concerts CD $15
Live recordings from two outdoor concerts Robeson gave for more than 25,000 people gathered on both sides of the
United States/Canadian border at Peace Arch Park in Blaine, Washington at a time when the US Government would not let him
travel. Songs include "Joe Hill" and "Ol' Man River".
Joe Hill - courtesy of Folk Era Records.
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Paul Robeson
Songs for Free Men 1940-45 CD $18
27 songs including "Joe Hill" and "Ballad for Americans" a well as many spirituals and songs of international
brotherhood. Accompanied by Lawrence Brown.
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Bayard Rustin The Singer CD $24
Traditional folk songs and spirituals sung by the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and
the co-founder of the A. Philip Randolph Institute.
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Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through its Songs CD $17
A moving collection of 26 songs recorded in churches and mass meetings during the early 1960s. Includes classics
like We Shall Overcome, This Little Light of Mine, and Keep Your Eyes on the Prize.
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Lynn Marie Smith
The Motowndiva
CD $15
Great labor parodies by Lynn Marie, Julie McCall and Paul McKenna.
Features "Part-Time Worker".
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Sweet Honey in the Rock
Live at Carnegie Hall CD $15
Extraordinary 5-woman African-American a cappella group sings songs of love and struggle. Includes "Are My Hands Clean?"
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Selections 1976-1988 2-CD set $22
34 of your favorites in one collection.
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The Women Gather CD $16
30th Anniversary Collection of mostly original songs.
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Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Front Porch Music CD $16
A cappella women's ensemble sings traditional and contemporary African-American music.
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Josh White Free and Equal Blues CD $17
26 songs including One Meat Ball.
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Whiteville Choir
Union Power CD $15
Labor and gospel music from UNITE! Local 1077 in NC.
Marchin' In The Streets
Solidarity Forever
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Work and Pray :Historic
Negro Spirituals and Work Songs from West Virginia. CD $16
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