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