An illustrated version of the song that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.

A cumulative all-holiday carol about a young girl who is trying to get a slice of Granny's sweet potato pie at a family gathering.

An illustrated version of the song that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.

From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explore Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.

A musical celebration of the joy and survival of black music, song and poetry since the days of America's Civil War. Includes the poetry of Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and many others.

Roots music icon Chris Strachwitz is a detective of sounds, an archaeologist of deep American music, the antithesis of the corporate "mouse music" that dominates the American ear. Born a German count, Strachwitz fled his homeland after World War II at 16. In the U.S., he began to carry his tape recorder from sharecropper shacks to roadside honkytonks, from cantina dives to wild blues clubs. His recordings on his indie label, Arhoolie Records, brought...