Month: August 2022

Boxed and Bound Packet

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  • – View: the nine images available at “Images of People (9 images)” Image Galleries. Resources. Slavevoyages.org. <https://www.slavevoyages.org/resources/images/category/People>

  • – Read: (7 pages*) Chapter 7 (VII) and “Air. Uncle Ned” in Brown, Henry. Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself. 1851. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s Documenting the American South. Docsouth.unc.edu. <https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brownbox/brownbox.html> Accessed 8.31.22

  • *Page estimated based on copy and pasting into Word document. Page estimates do not correlate with the pagination indicated on the digital narratives as posted on Docsouth.

Black Social & Pop Dance

Black Social & Pop Dance

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Bounce Music and the Beats

Childish Gambino: “Childish Gambino – This is America (Official Video)” YouTube.com posted by Childish Gambino 3.5.18. Accessed 8.27.20. Childish Gambino.

Wobble

Souldjer Boy

James Brown

Michael Jackson

Beyonce: “Grown Woman” and “Single Ladies”; “Alright” and “Beyonce out dancing her dancers for 11 minutes and 36 seconds straight.” AND “Beyonce – Formation,” YouTube.com. Posted by Beyonce. 12.9.16. Accessed 8.27.20.

Black Ballerinas

Black Ballerinas

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Misty Copeland

“This Week’ Sunday Spotlight: Misty Copeland.” YouTube.com. Posted by ABC News. Apr 6, 2014 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Misty Copeland Dances Romeo + Juliet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux & White Swan at Vail Dance 2015” YouTube.com.  Posted by Nel Shelby Productions. August 19, 2015. (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Watch an Exclusive Clip of Misty Copeland’s ​”A Ballerina’s Tale” Documentary.” YouTube.com. Posted by Teen Vogue. Oct 19, 2015 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Barack Obama & Misty Copeland On Race, Body Image & Staying Humble | The Influencers | TIME” YouTube.com Posted by Time. Jan 26, 2017 (Accessed 9/25/20)

Michaela DePrince

“Dancers Among Us: Michaela DePrince & Skyler Maxey-Wert │ Jacob’s Pillow Dance.” YouTube.com. Jul 30, 2013 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“The ballet dancer who fought to wear brown tights | Michaela DePrince | Rebels | BBC Sport.” YouTube.com. Posted by BBC Sport. Oct 5, 2019 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Orphan From Sierra Leone Becomes World-Class Ballerina.” YouTube.com. Posted by Storyhunter. July 26, 2013 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Michaela De Prince (Dutch National Ballet), Variation from Don Quixote 2010.” YouTube.com Posted by September 1, 2019 (Accessed 9/25/20).

Katherine Dunham

“Katherine Dunham Performing Ballet Creole (1952) | British Pathé.” YouTube.com Posted by British Pathé. August 27, 2014 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Katherine Duhham.” YouTube.com Posted by educatetoliberate. March 2, 2008 (Accessed 9/25/20).

“Katherine Dunham and her Dance Company in Casbah.” YouTube.com. Posted by Danielle Hall. May 16, 2003 (Accessed 9/25/20).

Moving in Black Space

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Moved with Laughter

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Optional Watching

Total Viewing Time: 92 minutes 38 seconds

Jackie “Moms” Mabley [11:02]

Whoopi Goldberg [15:31]

Issa Rae [37:01]

Robin Thede [5:21]

A Black Woman’s Comedy Show [18:36]

Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson on 2 Dope Queens

Additional

Zainab Johnson [5:07]

Jackée Harry [14:00]

Blues Lady Packet

Blues Lady Packet

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READ

LISTEN/WATCH (and check out linked Wikipedia bios)

Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) Wikipedia.

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894- September 26, 1937) Wikipedia.

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) Wikipedia.

Big Mama Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984) Wikipedia.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) Wikipedia.

Nina Simone (Feb 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) Wikipedia.

Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) Wikipedia.

Mae Barnes (c. January 23, 1907 – December 13, 1996) Wikipedia.

Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010) Wikipedia.

Listen to first minute and a half AND from 5:40 on.

“Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln perform Tears for Johannesburg & Tryptic (Prayer, Protest).” Posted by thepostarchive. YouTube.com. October 20, 2018 (Accessed 9/30/20).

Harlem Renaissance Packet

Harlem Renaissance Packet

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Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (1926). POC Zine Project on ISSU

I. Listen [Total listen time – 11 minutes and 55 seconds]:

A. “Just Because She Made Dem Goo Goo Eyes (1900)”[4:55]. Posted by Sheet Music Singer. July 6, 2018. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpPaTZnNk0w> Accessed 10.4.19.

B. “Manuel Romaine. ‘Daises Won’t Tell’ Edison Standard Record 10399 (1910)” [2:03]. Posted by Tim Gracyk. Sep. 13, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8VPVX0nos> Accessed 10.4.19.

C. “‘La Pas Ma La’ by Ernest Hogan (1895, Ragtime piano)” [2:22]. Posted by Ragtimedorianhenry. Nov. 10, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu_7l52LF4> Accessed 10.4.19.

D. “Miles & Bob Pratcher: ‘I’m Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die’ (1959)” [2:35]. Posted by Alan Lomax Archives. Jan. 26, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7fbrwQwc7E> Accessed 10.4.19.

II. Watch [Please note that you will need your BC login credentials to access the library database. Total watch time – 45-50 minutes]:

Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles [Total watch time – 8 minutes 40 seconds]

E- “Al Perryman as Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker.”  (1:15). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

F- “Leon Johnson as Master Juba.”  (1:35). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

G- “The Cakewalk.” (1:56). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

“H- Lindy Hop.” (3:59). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

The Call of the Jitterbug [Total watch time 36 minutes and 32 seconds]

I- “Lindy Hop or Jitterbug”  (8:25). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

J- “Passing it On.” (7:55). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

K- “Rhythms.” (7:08). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

L- “A Joyful Legacy.” (13:04).  The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 minsDance in Video. March 14, 2019.

III.  Look at Visual Art by Augusta Savage:

M- “Augusta Savage (1892-1962).” The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art.  Online at <theholmesgallery.com>  Accessed 3/15/19.

N- “Artist of Color Spotlight: Augusta Savage.” Mia Araujo Fine Art and Illustration.  Online at <www.art-by-mia.com> Accessed 3/15/19.

O- “Lenore, a Portrait Bust Sculpture by Augusta Savage.” Digital Public Library of America. Online at <dp.la>  Accessed 3/15/19.

Select Jacob Lawrence pieces:


P -Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series. 1940-41 pieces from The Migration Series, viewable by scrolling down the MoMa’s “Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000” page. MoMa Museum of Modern Art. <https://www.moma.org/artists/3418?=undefined&page=&direction=> Accessed 10/25/21.

Read Zora Neale Hurston on Negro Art & Performance:

Q- Hurston, Zora Neale. “Color Struck: A Play in Four Scenes.” FIRE!! A Quarterly Dedicated to Younger Negro Artists. Volume 1 Issue 1. New York: The Fire Press, 1926. 7-14.  Online at <https://issuu.com/poczineproject> Accessed 3/15/19. (8 pages)

R – Hurston, Zora Neale.”Characteristics of Negro Expression” (1934) in The Sanctified Church, Turtle Island, Berkeley, 1981. 49-68.  Found on http://www.ypsilonediteur.com. Accessed 3/15/19.  Pdf available here: “Characteristics of Negro Expression” by Zora Neale Hurston.  (20 pages)

S- Hurston, Zora Neale. “Art and Such.” Found on the Digital Public Library of America.  <www.dp.la.org> Accessed January 25, 2019. (10 pages double spaced)

T- Hurston, Zora Neale. “The Pet Negro System.” The American Mercury  (May 1943): 593-600. Found online at The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Collection. <www.unz.com> Accessed January 25, 2019. (8 pages)

Watch: No Maps on My Taps – On Kanopy