African-American Labor And Civil Rights Music


Belafonte

  Harry Belafonte
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall CD $23
Includes "John Henry" and "Day O (The Banana Boat Song)".

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.

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

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.

 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.

John Handcox

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.

  Kim and Reggie Harris
Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad CD $15
Traditional and contemporary songs about the flight from slavery to freedom.

Get on Board

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.

Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together     CD $17
Labor songs and recitations for children.

Leadbelly

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.

Harold Palmer

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.

Pam Parker

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".

Pam Parker

Pam Parker
Imagine   CD $15
Includes Truck Driving Woman, We Speak Louder than Machines, Congo Square, and, of course, Imagine.


Pam Parker

Pam Parker
Working Class    CD $15
Classic Covers and Exciting Originals
When July Slips Into June - written by Steve Magnuson.

Paul Robeson

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.

Paul Robeson

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.

Paul Robeson

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.

Bayard Rustin

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.

Sing For Freedom

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.

Lynn Marie Smith

Lynn Marie Smith
The Motowndiva     CD $15
Great labor parodies by Lynn Marie, Julie McCall and Paul McKenna. Features "Part-Time Worker".

Sweet Honey in the Rock

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?"

Sweet Honey in the Rock

Selections 1976-1988     2-CD set $22
34 of your favorites in one collection.

Sweet Honey in the Rock

 The Women Gather CD $16
30th Anniversary Collection of mostly original songs.

Linda Tillery

Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Front Porch Music     CD $16
A cappella women's ensemble sings traditional and contemporary African-American music.

Josh White

Josh White Free and Equal Blues    CD $17
26 songs including One Meat Ball.

Whiteville Choir Union Power     CD $15
Labor and gospel music from UNITE! Local 1077 in NC.
Marchin' In The Streets
Solidarity Forever

Work and Pray

Work and Pray :Historic Negro Spirituals and Work Songs from West Virginia. CD $16  

 



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