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Blues Dance NY – Odysseus Bailer

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak to Actor, Historian and Blues Dance NY Instructor/Dj Odysseus Bailer on the importance of Blues Dance to the tradition of the Blues People, and the great program and community of Blues Dance NY,…

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We The Blues People F/ Marquis Knox

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley “We The Blues People” is a biweekly broadcast produced and hosted by Jack Dappa Blues Public Media, in partnership with Knox Entertainment located in St. Louis, which is a live feed broadcast that discusses events and laws from the past…

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The Black Spirituals Are The Expressions of Freedom

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak with Reverend, Dr. Derrick McQueen, New Testament Scholar and Black Spirituals Historian about how The Black Spirituals Are The Expression of Freedom, along with the history of the Black Spirituals, it's importance and it's truly…

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NAMA Harlem’s Rich History

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley NAMA Harlem, also known as The New Amsterdam Musical Association is a staple of the Harlem community as it is with the History of African American Music, Entertainment and Heritage. On this episode, Arthur Brown, Vice President of the legendary…

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Treme – African American Tribal Music and The Black Experience

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Most people don’t think to associate the word Tribe or Tribal with African American. For the most part, African and Native American usually comes to mind. However, the irony of the names “African American” and “Native American” are really names…

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Blues in The Bible pt 1

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise…

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The Slave Narrative “Aunt Adeline” – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley 30380 Interviewer Mrs* Zillah Cross Peel Person interviewed Aunt Adeline — Age 89 Home 101 Hock Street* Fayetteville. Arkansas *I was born a slave about 1848, in Hickmon County, Tennessee,* said Aunt Adeline who lives as care taker in a house at 101 Rock Street, Faystteville,…

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The Second Migration – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

Published by: Lamont Jack Pearley Today we will speak about the Great Migration that went West. I will also be joined by Moses Crouch who's a phenomenal musician and historian! During the decade that followed the stock market crash of 1929, initial Migration slowed to a…

New Age Pop (Popular Music)

The Black South in Chicago – Federal Writers Project

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley I came across this piece in the "American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1940" after discussing Margaret Walker and her being hired by the Federal Writers Project in 1936 on today's show! This is one…

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Slave Narrative – Lucius Abernathey Interview

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project…

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Blues Dance NY – Odysseus Bailer

We The Blues People F/ Marquis Knox

The Black Spirituals Are The Expressions of Freedom

NAMA Harlem’s Rich History

Treme – African American Tribal Music and The Black Experience

Blues in The Bible pt 1

The Slave Narrative “Aunt Adeline” – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

The Second Migration – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

The Black South in Chicago – Federal Writers Project

Slave Narrative – Lucius Abernathey Interview

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