Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of an African American girl dancing; this is part of a series called ""Animated Tunes,"" in which each bar of music is accompanied by a drawing of a character, designed to show movement - the ""animations"" are by Alice Pratt;...
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)
The Lomaxes, and other collectors of their time and also decades later, found some of the most powerful vernacular music of the American South in the region's oppressive and violent prison system. The songs they found there, John and Alan Lomax...
The Lomaxes, and other collectors of their time and also decades later, found some of the most powerful vernacular music of the American South in the region's oppressive and violent prison system. The songs they found there, John and Alan Lomax...
