Recommended Materials
OUR SOULS HAVE GROWN DEEP LIKE THE RIVERS
Collection of African American poets reading their own work. Performers include James Weldon Johnson, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron & Public Enemy.
Rhino Records # 78012, 2000.
EVERY TONE A TESTIMONY
Aural history of African American experiences told through prose, poetry and music. Tracks include a reading by James Weldon Johnson of his work “Listen Lord, A Prayer.”
Smithsonian Folkways Records # 47003, 2001.