...F. M. Hamilton Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 ,14 To the Harvest Fields Make Haste ~ !J leI. the work that must be 2. See 3. Ri c h 4. Soon the reyo ur f har- vest fields are ward o you He' ll days on earth wi 11 f white, But the give, And a end, And the ~: f f ~ ~ r ,1 hear...

...Charles Price Jones Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 40 I Will Make the Darkness Light l. 2. Wilh 3. Al4. an tho wil l fff f make th e dark- ness lighl beev- er- lasl- in g love I'll Sa- tan in His rage wou ld make the dark- ness light be- -fore thee, Wha t is love thee, Tho...

... Copyright © 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 Can Music Make a Career? The idea that it is easier for a colored person to make a place for himself in the arts than it is for a white person may seem startling. Yet this statement actually was made not too long ago by a promi­ nent white man...

...Jon Michael Spencer Copyright © 1994 by Duke University Press 1994 If I Make My Bed in Hell [on Michael Spencer Whither shall I go from the spiriU or whither shall I fl_ee from thy presence~ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. -Psalm...

.... 0 Pharoah' s plantation's swallowed-up While I drink milk and honey in Canaan. I, I milk honey in Canaan! There is a Song in the Making Jon Michael Spencer "0 Hampton, We Never Can Make Thee a Song, Except as Our Lives Do the Singing" (Hampton Institute Alma Mater) 0 Hampton, there is now a song...

...F. M. Hamilton Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 90 He Shall Reign for Evermore ,. l I ,l,&k&~ ! 1. Make ~~ a joy- J f" noise un- l) the 2. Make a joy- ful noise un- l) the 3. Make a joy- ful noise un- l) the 4. Make f·2: ! ~ t ? ta joy- ful noise un- l) the f· r ,. 1,&k&~ q...

...John Howardton Smith Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 8 Love Love is the Christian's strongest tower Where weary ones may fly; There to receive sufficient power To reach celestial skies. 2 Love makes the Christian pathway bright Which leads to perfect days; It makes the heavy...

... glorify segregation. In short, we would like to see the Negro presented to the world and to America as a normal American. If this were done, the films could make a real contribution to inter-racial understanding and to a better world. When one mentions these things to film people, they invariably say...

..., is complete on all sides." First, life has "length," that is, inward concern for one's own welfare, self-esteem, and personality, that which makes each person unique. Second, life has "breadth"-outward concern for others, empathy. Third, life has "height"-upward reach for God. In keeping with historic African...

... beautiful, but only as White, Brown, or Yellow are beautiful: when we make it so. The term has served its purpose, so I hope from this time forward we will all want to emphasize our American ties, as well as our African heritage. Our parents and grandparents, I think, wanted us above all else to be good...

... broke the bank at Monte Carlo has nothing on Michael.-fames Baldwin Sometimes when you're treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. Slavery was a terrible thing, but when black people in America finally got out from under that crushing system, they were stronger. They knew what...

... relationships to southern history and culture, as well as personal ambition and desire to make a good living, finally, obscured their pursuit of the sharpest historical and social accuracy and criticism. (204) Even though Local Color was fiction, its make-believe world veritably impinged upon the reality...

... sounding warnings warnings that had all too often gone unheeded. Year after year, we spoke of the fact that the public was making known its likes and dislikes by the simple expedient of attending, or not attending, concerts. Laymen were expressing their disapproval by writing letters to editors; artists...

... to compare her work to a music video that addresses gender and race issues in a way that is perhaps more typical. "The Way You Make Me Feel" features Michael Jackson and a few black male peers accosting a black woman on an inner city street to a driving dance beat. She has a "Julia Roberts" look: vaguely...

.... Working together, these groups continue to bring about an exchange of songs, back and forth among themselves, which is one of the most interesting and far-reaching developments of which I have taken note. In making extensive tours of the Deep South for the purpose of studying Negro folk music, I have...

...Jacqueline Grant Copyright © 1993 by Duke University Press 1993 Ain't Gonna Study War No More (John 20:19-23) Jacqueline Grant We have the potential of becoming experts in what we study. Presumably, we study for proficiency and efficiency-to become better at one thing or another, to make...

... of grief for wrongs and adversities which only he has known. The Dahomeyan startles us; the negro American makes us weep and smile [only] to weep again. If my hypothesis be correct, the man who asks where the negro got all those strange tunes for his song is answered. They have been handed down to him from...

... of African people, and the kinds of mental adjustments they had to make in order to survive in an alien land. For example, the work songs were a means of heightening energy, converting labor into dances and games, and providing emotional excitement in an otherwise unbearable situation. The emphasis...

.... 0 Pharoah' s plantation's swallowed-up While I drink milk and honey in Canaan. I, I milk honey in Canaan! There is a Song in the Making Jon Michael Spencer "0 Hampton, We Never Can Make Thee a Song, Except as Our Lives Do the Singing" (Hampton Institute Alma Mater) 0 Hampton, there is now a song...

... to the keyhole. I thought I had heard Bolden play the blues before, and play the hymn.s at funerals, but what he is playing now is real strange and I listen carefully, because he's playing something that, for a while sounds like the blues, then like a hymn. I cannot make out the tune, but after a while I catch...