With their performances, the Jubilee Singers were able to keep alive these songs of the past and reveal the emotions and strong faith of the African American slave. The following songs were ...

In this blog post, Berry examines how song was used by slaves ... is deeply rooted in the African American culture. It began with the African slaves who were kidnapped and shipped across the ...

Some things don’t deserve to be sung about, like slavery—especially when ... books about race relations in America. This is no ordinary love song, but then, few would expect normal from ...

The first line of Walker’s poem refers to Black people “everywhere/singing their slave songs repeatedly”; it also describes people kneeling in prayer.

While Turner recorded, Dawley sang a song of unknown origin ... known as Sierra Leone was a key player in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Westerners also referred to the area as the Rice Coast ...

Two ubiquitous components of this structure were the Stephen Foster songs and a generic instrumentation including ... Likewise, New Orleans--being the center of the American slave trade--had already ...

Yet another Robert Burns song ... and disgust on the American side. Was Key pursuing a grudge by describing, or misdescribing, the Corps of Colonial Marines as slaves? Or did he have the ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times ... is probably the most historically problematic verse. Key was a slave-owner with anti-abolitionist views, and in this verse he mentions ...

"When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... Will.i.am rips 'ignorant' Kanye remarks Kanye defends Trump in new song Kim Kardashian defends Kanye's tweets "You're entitled to believe whatever ...

Beyoncé is reportedly set to perform in Houston on Friday for a rally with vice president Kamala Harris and Rep. Colin Allred ...

But he also expressed horror at certain aspects of American life, especially the South’s ongoing embrace of slavery. During a ...

Beyoncé is slated to perform at Vice President Kamala Harris' upcoming campaign rally in Houston, Texas after previously ...