Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of rural African Americans gathered next to a log cabin at night, while a banjo and fiddle are played; photo inset of Val Harris and Jack Manion (see 550)
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Life; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Love; Women; Social acceptance; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Social classes; Labor; Emigration and immigration; Happiness; Popular music -- England...