Margaret Walker Reads Margaret Walker and Langston Hughes

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
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Madam's Past History | Margaret Walker | 1:00 | |
102
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Madam and her Madam | Margaret Walker | 0:51 | |
103
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Madam's Calling Card | Margaret Walker | 0:54 | |
104
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Madam and the Rent Man | Margaret Walker | 0:56 | |
105
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Madam and the Number Writer | Margaret Walker | 0:58 | |
106
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Madam and the Phone Bill | Margaret Walker | 1:23 | |
107
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Madam and the Charity Child | Margaret Walker | 0:57 | |
108
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Madam and the Fortune Teller | Margaret Walker | 1:04 | |
109
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Madam and the Wrong Visitor | Margaret Walker | 1:02 | |
110
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Madam and the Minister | Margaret Walker | 0:56 | |
111
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Madam and Her "Might Have Been.." | Margaret Walker | 1:07 | |
112
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Madam and the Census Man | Margaret Walker | 1:01 | |
113
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Ballad of the Landlord | Margaret Walker | 1:20 | |
114
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Harlem | Margaret Walker | 0:41 | |
115
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Dark Blood | Margaret Walker | 1:53 | |
116
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Southern Song and Sorrow Home | Margaret Walker | 3:18 | |
117
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Delta | Margaret Walker | 10:30 | |
201
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Molly Means | Margaret Walker | 3:30 | |
202
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Stagger Lee (Stagolee) | Margaret Walker | 1:40 | |
203
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Papa Chicken | Margaret Walker | 2:03 | |
204
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Kissie Lee | Margaret Walker | 2:40 | |
205
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Yalluh Hammuh | Margaret Walker | 2:27 | |
206
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Two Gun Buster and Trigger Slim | Margaret Walker | 2:43 | |
207
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Teacher | Margaret Walker | 1:09 | |
208
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Gus the Lion Man | Margaret Walker | 1:46 | |
209
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Long John Nelson and Sweetie Pie | Margaret Walker | 2:05 | |
210
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Big John Henry | Margaret Walker | 2:16 |