The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass with Dr. Anika Prather
The Classical Mind
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The Importance of Song in the Enslaved Community
i cheated this time and i have two but i'm gonna say it's because jared's not here with us so i get to um the first is the spirituals and the blues by james kon. It actually talks about some of the things that you were mentioning earlier dr pray there about sometimes using double meanings in order to say what you want to say without getting in too much trouble That was the practice yep yep that was the culture it's a great little book uh it's not very long it's only about 130 pages butUh it's a really really interesting bookUm and he he calls the blues a secular spiritual yes is what they are and yeah we'll
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