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Midnight Ravers
Sat, Jul 4, 2026 00:00 AM
- Slave: Days Of Blood, Days Of Tears -
- Playthell Benjamin, Simon Loekle, Professor Green, and Annette Walker -
- soundbite: the whipping of January unavailable -
- Slavery Days Burning Spear -
- soundbite: various slaves speaking unavailable -
- Dry Your Tears Africa (Reprise) John Williams -
- soundbite: stealing Africans from Africa unavailable -
- I'm Talking 'Bout Freedom Syl Johnson -
- Fanfare To The Common Man Aaron Copland -
- soundbite: preamble & history read by Annette Walker -
- soundbite: introduction read by Playthell Benjamin -
- soundbite: on board a slave ship unavailable -
- What Kind Of Land Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon -
- soundbite: William Lynch's "How To Make A Slave" read by Simon Loekle -
- soundbite re: a blind slave Papa Dallas -
- African Spirit Nasio Fontaine -
- Black Seeds intro The Main Ingredient -
- soundbite re: slavery Fountain Hughes -
- Heritage Of A Blackman Sam Dees -
- soundbite re: slavery read by James Earl Jones -
- We'll Keep On Struggling Oku Onuora -
- soundbite re: Josephine Smith read by Debbie Allen -
- Oh Lord Why Lord/Prayer Parliament -
- Canon In "D" Pachelbel -
- soundbite re: slavery Laura Smally -
- Born Dead J.B. Lenoir -
- soundbite: a Captain speaks about his cargo unavailable -
- Sons Of Slaves Junior Delgado -
- soundbite: Frederick Douglas' "What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?" [excerpt] read by Ossie Davis -
- Steal Away To Jesus Kinsey West -
- soundbite re: sorrow songs read by Playthell Benjamin -
- soundbite: the selling of Kizzy by her master John Amos and Madge Sinclair -
- Crazy Bald Heads Bob Marley & The Wailers -
- 40 Lashes Wynton Marsalis -
- soundbite: remembering slavery Laura Smally -
- soundbite re: Rose Williams being forced to mate with Rufus read by Jena Jones -
- Dambala Nina Simone -
- soundbite re: Toby & Kunte Louis Gossett Jr. and John Amos -
- soundbite re: slaves slipping off Laura Smally -
- soundbite re: castration unavailable -
- soundbite: remembering slavery unavailable -
- Black Woman Judy Mowatt -
- soundbite re: slaves praying for their masters Laura Smally -
- soundbite re: Caroline Johnson Harris getting married read by Esther Rolle -
- soundbite re: Arnold Gragston read by Clifton Davis -
- soundbite: slave wives getting whipped unavailable -
- Lord I Need You [excerpt] The Williams Brothers -
- soundbite re: slave conditions unavailable -
- soundbite: we got to remember the old ways unavailable -
- African Children Aswad -
- soundbite: Abraham Lincoln's interest in saving the union read by Simon Loekle not applicable -
- soundbite re: escaping slavery read by Debbie Allen -
- Lift Every Voice unavailable -
- (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go Curtis Mayfield -
- soundbite re: families being reunited read by Esther Rolle -
- soundbite: remembering slavery Harriet Smith -
- Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley & The Wailers -
- Freedom In The Air Bernice Johnson Reagon -
- soundbite re: William I. Johnson Jr. read by Clifton Davis -
- Give Us A Flag Richie Havens -
- soundbite re: Sarah DeBroh read by Melba Moore -
- soundbite re: Tom Hester read by Louis Gossett Jr. -
- Freedom The Golden Gate Quartet & Josh White -
- soundbite: spreading the news that the slaves were freed Laura Smally -
- soundbite: figuring out what to do with new found freedom Fountain Hughes -
- soundbite re: Robert Glen read by James Earl Jones -
- soundbite re: life after being freed Issa Mosley -
- soundbite re: slaves being in debt even after being freed Laura Smally -
- Message From The Black Man The Temptations -
- soundbite re: her husband, Jim Smith, being killed Harriet Smith -
- soundbite: saving money and paying for items with cash Fountain Hughes -
- soundbite: Frederick Douglas Prelude unavailabl -
- soundbite: Frederick Douglas' "What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?" [excerpt] read by Ossie Davis -
- God Bless America For What Swamp Dogg -
- Stand Up And Be Counted [excerpt] Good Ole South -
- The Klan [excerpt] L.A. Carnival -
- Kajun Ku Klux Klan [excerpt] Johnny Rebel -
- Ku Klux Klan Steel Pulse -
- soundbite: Your Stars And Bars Jolivette Anderson -
- Dixie/Strange Fruit Rene Marie -
- soundbite: Ida B. Wells Barnett's "Lynching, Our National Crime" read by Ruby Dee -
- soundbite re: Dred Scott case Mumia Abu Jamal -
- Lift Every Voice/Get Up And Stand Up For Your Rights unavailable -
- soundbite: epilogue Terry Wilson -
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