Note: Total watch listen time for items A-Q shouldn’t be more than 75-90 minutes.
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.
Read:
P- Trav, S.D. “Sissieretta Jones: The ‘Black Patti'” Travalanche.wordpress.com. Accessed Feb 9, 2019.
Q- “Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones.” Wikipedia.com Accessed Feb 9, 2019.
Read Zora Neale Hurston on Negro Art & Performance:
R- 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)
S- 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)
T- 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)
U- 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)
Additional (Optional) Texts:
V- “Watch: Meet Augusta Savage, The Most Important African-American Sculptor.” Timeline. May 23, 2017. Online at <Timeline.com> Accessed 3/15/19.
W- “Elizabeth Cotten – ‘Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie'” [4:43]. Posted by Schroomeryslearyfan. Feb. 18, 2010. YouTube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GFM6B0oQ8M> Accessed 10.4.19.
X- Hughes, Langston. “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain.” (1926) Found on “Modern American Poetry.” English Department. University of Illinois.
