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The Glory of Negro History

Langston Hughes
The Glory of Negro History

In this collection of prose and song, Langston Hughes narrates the history of the African-American people. Beginning with the struggles associated with slavery and punctuated with African chants and freedom songs sung by Brownie McGhee, Hilda Haynes and Leadbelly, Hughes imparts the glory and triumphs of African-Americans, which include the accomplishments of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver, the founding of the NAACP, the sporting legends Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis and the music of William Grant and Ella Fitzgerald.

Track Listing

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Part I - The Struggle: The Struggle Langston Hughes 00:24
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Part I - The Struggle: Negroes with the Spanish Explorers Langston Hughes 02:28
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Part I - The Struggle: African Chant Langston Hughes 00:11
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Part I - The Struggle: Phyllis Wheatley Langston Hughes 02:53
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Part I - The Struggle: Oh Freedom Leon Bibb 00:22
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Part I - The Struggle: Sojourner Truth Langston Hughes 03:05
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Part I - The Struggle: Steal Away Hilda Haynes 00:50
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Part I - The Struggle: Harriet Tubman Langston Hughes 02:01
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Part I - The Struggle: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Hilda Haynes 00:55
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Part I - The Struggle: Harriet Tubman, pt. 2 Langston Hughes 00:38
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Part I - The Struggle: Old Riley Langston Hughes and Leadbelly 02:08
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Part I - The Struggle: Frederick Douglass Langston Hughes 02:28
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Part I - The Struggle: Go Down Moses Clark Morgan 00:28
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Part I - The Struggle: John Brown Hermes Nye 01:48
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Part I - The Struggle: John Brown's Body Hermes Nye 02:00
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Part I - The Struggle: Battle Hymn of the Republic Brownie McGhee 00:57
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Part I - The Struggle: Abraham Lincoln Langston Hughes 01:08
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Part II- The Glory: The Glory- Walt Whitman Langston Hughes 00:50
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Part II- The Glory: Reconstruction Langston Hughes 01:01
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Part II - The Glory: Trouble in Mind Bertha Chippie Hill 02:04
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Part II- The Glory: Booker T. Washington Langston Hughes 05:09
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Part II- The Glory: George Washington Carver Langston Hughes 01:11
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Part II - The Glory: Dallas Rag Dallas String Band 02:53
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Part II - The Glory: Little Brown Baby Paul Laurence Dunbar 02:46
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Part II - The Glory: I'm Not Rough Louis Armstrong 02:45
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Part II- The Glory: World War I Langston Hughes 00:41
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Part II - The Glory: If We Must Die Claude McKay 01:05
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Part II- The Glory: NAACP Founding and Activities Langston Hughes 02:17
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Part II - The Glory: Organ Grinder's Swing Ella Fitzgerald 00:46
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Part II - The Glory: Ralph Bunche Langston Hughes 00:46
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Part II- The Glory: Mary McLeod Bethune Langston Hughes 02:29
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Part II - The Glory: Battle Hymn of the Republic George D. McClain 00:35