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Elias Hruska-Cortes Hosts Thulani and Friends
Date: 5/13/1972Call Number: RP 018 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Elias Hruska-CortesCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Reflecciones’ Elias Hruska-Cortes hosts a program of poetry and music featuring his poetry along with Thulani Nkbinde (aka Thulani Davis) with musical accompaniment
Elias Hruska-Cortes Hosts Thulani and Friends
Date: 5/13/1972Call Number: RP 018 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Elias Hruska-CortesCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Reflecciones’ Elias Hruska-Cortes hosts a program of poetry and music featuring his poetry along with Thulani Nkbinde (aka Thulani Davis) with musical accompaniment
Sweet Honey in the Rock 20th Anniversary concert
Concert at Howard University campus, 1993.
Sweet Honey in the Rock is a Grammy Award winning African-American female a cappella ensemble, founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon. The group’s music is rooted in the tradition of spirituals, hymns, and gospel, as well as jazz and blues. Their repertoire includes many songs promoting political and social justice. The concert is preceded by a ritual drumming ceremony tribute accompanied by a performance by members of a martial arts academy, followed by a brief reading of an excerpt from the anthology _We Who Believe in Freedom_, the first book put out by the group. Commentators review the group’s history and philosophy. Tape covers only first half of concert (ten songs, including “Spiritual”, “Ballad of the Broken Word”, “No Mirrors”, “In This Land”, “Patchwork Quilt” etc),
then cuts out abruptly.
AIDS in Focus: Joyce and Jackie music performance
Call Number: JG/ 072Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: AIDS in FocusCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The tape begins abruptly in the middle of a lecture on AIDS. The taping is from the same conference as JG/LS 071. What is primarily on the tape is a concert performed by two feminist folk musicians Joyce and Jackie. It is about forty-five minutes of their music which such songs as “Higher Ground” and “Sisters of the World.”
GOODNEWS (Sweet Honey In The Rock)
Sweet Honey In The Rock is America's Premiere female acappella quintet. This album is full of sacred songs presented to inform and inspire. Topics include Apartheid, Steve Biko, Soweto and Chile.
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