Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of rural African Americans dancing to music made by a banjo player, an accordionist, and by wood blocks; photo inset of jack Connors Jr.(see 417)
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of the Christy Minstrels performing, with smaller drawings of African Americans dancing and playing music; text reads: ""Music of the original Christy Minstrels, the oldest established band in the United States, as arranged and...
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: photo of four African American boys dressed in suits; description reads ""cakewalk & two-step"" -- ""Published also as a song with humorous darky text""
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: photo of ""Mr. J. Flatow and Miss K. Dunn"" dressed in blackface [Miss K. Dunn appears to be a male]; ""Musical Supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser. June 5, 1898""
Roxana writes in detail about what is happening in post-Civil-War Mississippi; freedmen; death of (daughter-in-law) Maddie (married to Joe Gerdine) and their baby; death of a freewoman's baby that morning; the sending of a former slave ""Aunt...