BMA: Black Media Archive

This episode is a recording of two gospel songs, "I've Been Buked And I've Been Scorned" and "Most Done Travelling" by the Tuskegee Institute Singers Quartet. This 78RPM selection was undated, but the choir made several recordings from 1914-1930.

This episode is a recording of "Old Country Stomp" by country and blues music pioneer Henry Thomas. Recorded on June 13, 1928, this a square dance tune, which were still popular with rural African-Americans early in the 20th-century.

This episode is a recording of "Old Country Stomp" by country and blues music pioneer Henry Thomas. Recorded on June 13, 1928, this a square dance tune, which were still popular with rural African-Americans early in the 20th-century.

Clara Smith was a part of the great migration from the south, moving from her home in South Carolina to Harlem in the early 1920s, where she became a popular blues singer. She actively recorded throughout the 1920s, including this performance of "Don't Advertise Your Man" on April 23, 1924. There is an uncredited (and very minimal) piano and ukelele accompaniment. From the original 78 rpm disk.

Clara Smith was a part of the great migration from the south, moving from her home in South Carolina to Harlem in the early 1920s, where she became a popular blues singer. She actively recorded throughout the 1920s, including this performance of "Don't Advertise Your Man" on April 23, 1924. There is an uncredited (and very minimal) piano and ukelele accompaniment. From the original 78 rpm disk.

In this episode, blues legend Son House performs his song "Death Letter" as recorded in England in 1965 accompanied on guitar by Jerry Ricks.

In this episode, blues legend Son House performs his song "Death Letter" as recorded in England in 1965 accompanied on guitar by Jerry Ricks.

This episode is parts of two sermons, inluding "Burn Baby Burn" from the album "Keep the Faith, Baby!: Adam Clayton Powell's Message to the World." The LP was recorded in Bimini in January 1967 during Powell's self-imposed exile after the U.S. House of Representatives voted not to let him take the seat to which he had just been reelected to by the voters of Harlem.

This episode is parts of two sermons, inluding "Burn Baby Burn" from the album "Keep the Faith, Baby!: Adam Clayton Powell's Message to the World." The LP was recorded in Bimini in January 1967 during Powell's self-imposed exile after the U.S. House of Representatives voted not to let him take the seat to which he had just been reelected to by the voters of Harlem.

This episode is an interview with the members of Sweet Honey in the Rock (1992), from Pacifica Radio Archives.

This episode is an interview with the members of Sweet Honey in the Rock (1992), from Pacifica Radio Archives.

The episode is a copy of the "Colored People's Blue Book and Business Directory of Chicago, Ill." published in 1905, and compiled by D. A. Bethea.

The episode is a copy of the "Colored People's Blue Book and Business Directory of Chicago, Ill." published in 1905, and compiled by D. A. Bethea.

Movie: The conclusion of the film "Black Fist" (1975), starring Richard Lawson as a young fighter who is brought into the world of a Los Angeles illegal street fighting ring.

Movie: The conclusion of the film "Black Fist" (1975), starring Richard Lawson as a young fighter who is brought into the world of a Los Angeles illegal street fighting ring.