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Invincible music. The spirit of Africa

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Title

Invincible music. The spirit of Africa

Collection

The Crisis: a record of the darker races
The Crisis: a record of the darker races, February 1926

Names

Douglas, Aaron (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1926-02
Place: New York
Publisher: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Ser.-M .C758

Subjects

African Americans -- Culture
Drum
Singing

Genres

Periodicals
Illustrations

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 76967954
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21531563
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c04f4750-c6b6-012f-eccb-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Text
Still Image

Date Issued

1926-02

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Invincible music. The spirit of Africa" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c04f4750-c6b6-012f-eccb-58d385a7bc34

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. Invincible music. The spirit of Africa Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c04f4750-c6b6-012f-eccb-58d385a7bc34

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Invincible music. The spirit of Africa" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c04f4750-c6b6-012f-eccb-58d385a7bc34

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