Ballads of Black America

Joined by Pete Seeger on banjo and Jeanne Humphries on bass, Reverend F. D. Kirkpatrick pays tribute to historic black heroes through song.

This recording project was inspired by a performance Kirkpatrick gave at an elementary school book fair in Brooklyn, New York, in 1969. Frustrated by the lack of books and music to teach children about the contributions African Americans made to the U.S.A. and the world, he decided to write and record a series of songs extolling the achievements of great black leaders. The liner notes feature biographies of all those honored, including Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Robeson, and Harriet Tubman.

In 1978, Kirkpatrick recorded a second album for Folkways Records, F.D. Kirkpatrick Hosts the Louisiana Folk Fest (FW03843).

Track Listing

101	The Deacons	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	05:44
102	Harriet Tubman	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	02:51
103	Benjamin Banneker	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	02:42
104	Frederick Douglass	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	03:45
201	Sojourner Truth	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	03:59
202	Leroy "Satchel" Paige	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	03:27
203	Martin Luther King	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	01:59
204	Paul Robeson	Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, and Jeanne Humphries	03:15