Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History

Overview This collection contains 55 musical records (of which 11 records are of 78 medium-sized plates and 44 are of 44 small-size plates) of black musicians. The musical recordings include a wide range of music from jazz, blues, and Soul to gospel. The intention of this collection is to provide access to a wide variety of popular black music and to enrich your knowledge of black cultural experiences, expressions, and representations through this musical collection. The collection has been arranged...

Scope and Contents

The Collection contains around 200 records which are largely musical but also includes non-musical recordings. The musical recordings include a wide variety of genres including rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, gospel, and classical. The composers and/or performers, as well as the compositions, provide examples of African-American contributions to the field of music. The non-musical recordings are speeches, stories, debates, etc.