A Resource for Black Spirituals
HymnChoir.Org is a great resource, archiving foundational Black American gospel expression. The origins of call n response has always been survival, communal, necessity… built out…
This Juneteenth The 83rd Releases Solitary Souls
Solitary Souls, a sonic and written documentation of mass black incarceration America, is released today via web archive site www.solitarysouls.net
I AINT LYING: MISSISSIPPI FOLKTALES KICKS OFF TESTIFY MAY VIDEOS
This May we’re bringing you William Ferris’ 1975 doc on the Mississippi delta’s community, music and oral traditions. Along with Eartheater, DJ Slugo, SMTB, Bjork, Hank Wood, TESTIFY May is OUT NOW.
FORMER SLAVES BREAK THEIR SILENCE ON JUNETEENTH
Thanks to the Library of Congress, this Juneteenth, we revisit recordings of former slaves recounting their experiences, and what it was like the day they heard they were free.