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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"
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
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.
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.