Voices of black America : historical recordings of speeches, poetry, humor & drama : Book T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and more.

Format
Data file
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services Ltd., [2004]
Description
1 online resource

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Summary note
This recording features original recordings from 1908-1947 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta exposition address, the poetry of Langston Hughesand Paul Laurence Dunbar, read by Rev. James Andrew Myers and Edward Sterling Wright, rarely heard humor of Charley Case, readings from God's trombones by James Weldon Johnson, with presentations by actor, singer Charles Gilpin, vaudeville actor, performer and song producer, J.Rosamond Johnson, entertainer Bert Williams, and the pre-eminent African-American performer of his generation, Paul Robeson.
Notes
  • Streaming audio.
  • At head of title on disc: Historical recordings.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Performers: Case, Charley (narrator) / Dunbar, Paul Laurence (narrator) / Gilpin, Charles Sidney (narrator) / Hughes, Langston (narrator) / Johnson, James Weldon (narrator) / Johnson, John Rosamond (baritone) / Robeson, Paul (bass-baritone) / Washington, Booker T. (narrator) / Williams, Bert (narrator).
In
Naxos Spoken Word Library
ISBN
  • 962634248X
  • 9789626342480
Publisher no.
NA224812
OCLC
857090496
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