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American Negro Songs and Spirituals: a comprehensive collection of 230 folk songs, religious and secular

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

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The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

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Title
American Negro Songs and Spirituals: a comprehensive collection of 230 folk songs, religious and secular
Names
Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967 (Editor)
Collection

The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Place: New York
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 784.7-W (Work, J. American Negro songs and spirituals. 1940)
Topics
African Americans
Spirituals (Songs)
Genres
Books
Physical Description
Extent: 1 p. ¡., [v]-vii p., 1 ¡., 259 p. 20 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: a 42005002
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2860402-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11721461
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 45939900-7cf9-0134-93b0-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1901: Creator Born
  • 1940: Issued
  • 1967: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "American Negro Songs and Spirituals" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a26b550-9a59-0134-095c-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "American Negro Songs and Spirituals" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a26b550-9a59-0134-095c-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). American Negro Songs and Spirituals Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a26b550-9a59-0134-095c-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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American Negro Songs and Spirituals