Margaret Walker Reads Poems by Langston Hughes and Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker was one of the most respected poets not only in the African American community but in America at large. Reading selections from her most acclaimed collection of poetry “For My People,” Walker’s poetry expresses a collective historical identity in poems such as “Big John Henry” and “Stagolee.” Walker was heavily influenced by the poetry of Langston Hughes and it is thus fitting that she recites his poetry from Hughes’ “Madam” series.

Track Listing

101	Madam's Past History	Margaret Walker	01:00
102	Madam and Her Madam	Margaret Walker	00:51
103	Madam's Calling Card	Margaret Walker	00:54
104	Madam and the Rent Man	Margaret Walker	00:56
105	Madam and the Number Writer	Margaret Walker	00:58
106	Madam and the Phone Bill	Margaret Walker	01:23
107	Madam and the Charity Child	Margaret Walker	00:57
108	Madam and the Fortune Teller	Margaret Walker	01:04
109	Madam and the Wrong Visitor	Margaret Walker	01:02
110	Madam and the Minister	Margaret Walker	00:56
111	Madam and Her "Might Have Been..."	Margaret Walker	01:07
112	Madam and the Census Man	Margaret Walker	01:01
113	Ballad of the Landlord	Margaret Walker	01:20
114	Harlem	Margaret Walker	00:41
115	Dark Blood	Margaret Walker	01:53
116	Southern Song and Sorrow Home	Margaret Walker	03:18
117	Delta	Margaret Walker	10:30
201	Molly Means	Margaret Walker	03:30
202	Stagolee (Stagger Lee)	Margaret Walker	01:40
203	Papa Chicken	Margaret Walker	02:03
204	Kissie Lee	Margaret Walker	02:40
205	Yalluh Hammuh	Margaret Walker	02:27
206	Two Gun Buster and Trigger Slim	Margaret Walker	02:43
207	Teacher	Margaret Walker	01:09
208	Gus the Lion Man	Margaret Walker	01:46
209	Long John Nelson and Sweetie Pie	Margaret Walker	02:05
210	Big John Henry	Margaret Walker	02:16