"Negro Spirituals" and the identity of African Americans

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Title

"Negro Spirituals" and the identity of African Americans

Description

Song: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Music Drama: This Freedom
Song: "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"
Song: "In Christ There is no East or West"
Song: "Messiah"

Creator

The Alabamian

Source

Alabama College

Publisher

Carmichael Library Archives

Date

1930-1970

Contributor

University of Montevallo
Carmichael Library Archives
Christina Williams

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Throughout my research of The Alabamian, African Americans were frequently referred to in regards to a music style and dialect that was assigned. "Negro spirituals" was not only a popular brand of music within Montevallo, but it was also described as popular in Germany, which a professor visited and cited them as being keen on in the 1930s. The best description of this music style would be Jazz and spiritual hymns, which, until this research, I did not know was different from white people hymns.
As for the dialect, African Americans were frequently stereotyped for having a certain language and manner of speaking. This was repetitively used when reciting poetry or works of people of color, as well as used for acting parts in plays.