A concert of Southern African American "antebellum musical traditions" held in New York City's Central Park at the height of the Civil Rights era, in the summer of 1965. Produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in cooperation with...
Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Philip Morris and Company; Tobacco; Cigarettes; Civil rights; Race relations; Segregation; Slavery; Reconstruction; Communists; School integration; Suffrage; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Kaspar, John;
Elmo projector 16-CC w/ 5 blade to Red Camera @ 559.94 frame rate
Slaves; Slavery; Skirmishing; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870;
Uneasy as he has not heard from home lately; he hears rumors of skirmishing; he is still in camp near Winchester and it is very quiet, although quite cold, especially without tents; hope to get orders soon to go to Winter Quarters; mentions having...
Slaves; Slavery; Social classes; Race relations; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions;
Receipt of letter from home; Will thanks her for sending a slave named Jim to cook and clean; discussion of slavery; problems with mosquitoes; sends thoughts to everyone at home
Slavery; Slaves; Race relations; Secession; Southern States -- Identity; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Receipt of her letter; worries that she is not "sound on the all-important question" of secession and may have union tendencies; discussion of slavery; discussion of honor; camp life; believes that foreign aid is probable
Slavery; Slaves; Homefront; Southern States -- Identity;
Roberts asks about activities at home and turns to the topic of slavery, which he describes as a necessary evil and goes on about how Irish and German servants aren't as helpful as black slaves.
Slavery; Slaves; Secession; Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885; Religion; Families; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary;
Roxana writes about the beauty of Washington, GA; in-depth talk of slavery; feelings of guilt; talk of the union and possible secession; Senator Robert Toombs; a local Baptist revival meeting; her sister Lucy attending Mt. Holyoke 'Seminary'; her...
Stone, Alfred Holt, 1870-1955; Southern States -- Race relations; African Americans -- Southern States -- Economic conditions; African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History
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...