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Culture
| - | James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, novel, 1912, excerpts on culture |
| - | Spirituals performed by the Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, 1998-1999, five audioclips |
| - | Cake walk performed by the Americus Quartet, 1900, two videoclips |
| - | Eubie Blake, interview on ragtime, 1970, with audioclip |
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Johnson Autobiography: PDF file*
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/identity/text7/
johnsoncult.pdf
Spirituals:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/sfeature/songs.html
Cake walk videoclips (51 sec. total):
Cake walk:
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:
@field(NUMBER(0367))
Comedy cake walk:
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:
@field(NUMBER(0377))
Blake on ragtime:
www.historymatters.gmu.edu/d/95/
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Online
Sources
| Johnson: National Humanities Center
Spirituals: PBS
Cake walk: Library of Congress
Blake: History Matters from George Mason University and the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
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Printing
| If you choose to print these texts:
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- Length: 9 pages.
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Supplemental
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Brief biography of James Weldon Johnson, from Digital Schomburg
Biography of Johnson, from Modern American Poetry
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory (PBS)
Brief overview of the cakewalk, from the African American Registry
History of the cakewalk, from dance instructor Sonny Watson
Brief biography of Eubie Blake, from Fresh Air Online (PBS)
"Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin, from Minnesota Public Radio (audioclip link at left)
Brief biography of Scott Joplin, with audioclips, from Essentials of Music (W. W. Norton and SONY)
The Development of an African-American Musical Theatre 1865-1910, from American Memory, Library of Congress
Uncle Remus stories, from American Studies at the University of Virginia
African American History and Literature, 1865-1917: Online Resources
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