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Le Nègre et la musique américaine

Author:
Monnet, Henri  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1927
Topic:
African Americans--Music  Search this
Call number:
N2 .C35X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_966815
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Railroads in the African American experience : a photographic journey / Theodore Kornweibel, Jr

Author:
Kornweibel, Theodore  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 557 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
C2010
Topic:
Railroads--Employees  Search this
African Americans--Employment  Search this
African Americans--Segregation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_942111
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On the battlefield : gospel quartets in Jefferson County, Alabama Doug Seroff

Author:
Seroff, Doug  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Jubilee Singers  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Alabama
Date:
1985
Topic:
Gospel music  Search this
Gospel singers  Search this
Gospel quartets  Search this
Sacred vocal quartets  Search this
African American male singers  Search this
Call number:
ML3556 .R38
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_999998
view Let me down easy, or, The machinery man words & music by Tom Farrel digital asset number 1
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Let me down easy, or, The machinery man words & music by Tom Farrel

Title:
That's what we all say
Le-let me dow-ha down easy, you'll never see me here no more
Sam Johnson was a machinery man with ideas of his own
Machinery man
Author:
Farrel, Tom  Search this
Starmer  Search this
Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 score ([8] pages) 35 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Caricatures and cartoons
Advertisements
Caricatures
Sheet music covers
Sheet music
Place:
United States
Date:
1906
1901-1910
1900-1910
Topic:
African American inventors  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Airships  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Songs with piano  Search this
Aircraft  Search this
Clouds  Search this
American  Search this
Call number:
M1 .B4
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_982973
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The Routledge atlas of African American history / Jonathan Earle

Title:
Atlas of African American history
Author:
Earle, Jonathan Halperin  Search this
Physical description:
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Maps
Date:
2000
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_969316
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Translating double-dutch to hip-hop : the musical vernacular of black girls' play

Author:
Gaunt, Kyra Danielle  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1997
Topic:
Double dutch (Rope skipping)  Search this
African American children's games  Search this
Call number:
E185.625 .L364 1997X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_962133
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The spirit of invention : the story of the thinkers, creators, and dreamers who formed our nation / Julie M. Fenster

Author:
Fenster, J. M (Julie M.)  Search this
Smithsonian Books (Publisher)  Search this
Lemelson Center  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Books (Publisher) History  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Lemelson Center History  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 209 p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Inventors--History  Search this
Inventions--History  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Call number:
T21 .F46 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_929043
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Hip-hop, hip-life : Global sistahs / Tara Aminah Jabbaar-Gyambrah (Ama Sika)

Author:
Jabbaar-Gyambrah, Tara Aminah (Ama Sika)  Search this
Physical description:
x, 380 p., map ; cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Ghana
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Hip-hop--Themes, motives  Search this
Hip-hop feminism  Search this
Women musicians  Search this
African American women musicians  Search this
Call number:
ML3918.R37 J33 2007a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_936667
view R&B Trivia: Highlighting Johnny Otis digital asset number 1

R&B Trivia: Highlighting Johnny Otis

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:48:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more posts:
Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_737137db7ca528c01b20c23ae934a72a
view Five Myths about the Festival digital asset number 1

Five Myths about the Festival

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:05:00 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more posts:
Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_8d29bfa5dba7e19df562c245b4a46f63
view Dancing IS the Jazz Age….Jazz is dancing music. Swing is Jazz music. digital asset number 1

Dancing IS the Jazz Age….Jazz is dancing music. Swing is Jazz music.

Creator:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:30:33 +0000
Topic:
Design  Search this
See more posts:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Data Source:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_932c917e745025c2dfb09d14e02c5b79
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African perspectives : pre-colonial history, anthropology, and ethnomusicology / Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann, Michael Weber (eds.)

Author:
Allgayer-Kaufmann, Regine  Search this
Weber, Michael 1960-  Search this
Kubik, Gerhard 1934-  Search this
Physical description:
370 p. : ill. (1 col.), music ; 23 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Africa
Date:
2008
Topic:
Music--History and criticism  Search this
Anthropology  Search this
Ethnomusicology  Search this
Call number:
ML350.1 .A37 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_929321
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IndiVisible : African-Native American lives in the Americas / general editor, Gabrielle Tayac

Title:
Indi Visible
Author:
Tayac, Gabrielle  Search this
Physical description:
256 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
America
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Relations with Indians  Search this
History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Ethnic identity  Search this
African Americans--Race identity  Search this
Indians of North America--Mixed descent--History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_935897
view Bring your questions and curiosity to #AskACurator Day 2015 digital asset number 1

Bring your questions and curiosity to #AskACurator Day 2015

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Conversations and talks
Blog posts
Published Date:
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:05:44 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
See more posts:
Blog Feed
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_b70e2293d2703044843f2c43fe3a2739
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Saints' paradise [sound recording]

Author:
Madison's Lively Stones (Musical group)  Search this
McCollough Sons of Thunder  Search this
Happyland Band  Search this
Madison Prayer Band  Search this
Clouds of Heaven (Musical group)  Search this
Kings of Harmony (Musical group)  Search this
United House of Prayer for All People  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc (65 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Music
Date:
1999
1990
P1999
1991-2000
Topic:
Trombone music  Search this
Gospel music  Search this
Hymns--Instrumental settings  Search this
Jazz  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Call number:
disc 000274
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_603073
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Dark midnight when I rise : the story of the Jubilee Singers, who introduced the world to the music of Black America / Andrew Ward

Author:
Ward, Andrew 1946-  Search this
Subject:
Jubilee Singers  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 493 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., music ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
2000
Topic:
African American musicians  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_597281
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African American folk rhythms [sound recording] / Ella Jenkins and the Goodwill Spiritual Choir of Monumental Baptist Church

Author:
Jenkins, Ella  Search this
Hori, Shiz  Search this
Logan, Arthur S  Search this
Goodwill Spiritual Choir  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Music
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
1960
P1998
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)  Search this
Gospel music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000209
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_553253
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A treasury of Afro-American folklore : the oral literature, traditions, recollections, legends, tales, songs, religious beliefs, customs, sayings, and humor of peoples of African descent in the Americas / by Harold Courlander ; decorations by Enrico Arno

Title:
Afro-American folklore
Author:
Courlander, Harold 1908-1996  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 618 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 23 cm
Type:
Folklore
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_557732
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Songs of protest and civil rights / [compiled by] Jerry Silverman

Author:
Silverman, Jerry  Search this
Physical description:
1 score (64 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Music
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--Songs and music  Search this
Protest songs  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_532485
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Where the dark and the light folks meet : race and the mythology, politics, and business of jazz / Randall Sandke

Author:
Sandke, Randy  Search this
Physical description:
x, 277 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz--Political aspects  Search this
Music and race  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_960337

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