Chanteys, Worksongs With Roots From Africa That The Enslaved Black People Sang On Plantations, In Prison, And While Working On Boats-Harbors

The Living Legacy of the Piedmont Blues
The music that grew out of Durham’s tobacco manufacturing plants influenced some of the most widely recorded musicians of the last 65 years—and still does today.

Laemouahuma Daniel Jatta is playing the akonting, an African instrument that may be a precursor to the banjo.

In periods with good weather, the slaves on most slave ships would be brought up on deck in the mornings. Normally the women and children would be allowed to move freely around the deck. The men would be chained together, because it was commonly believed that they would be the ones that would cause violence and resistance.

"Jazz Band on Truck". 1920’s - Moore County. Pinehurst N.C.

Original artwork "Wade In The Water"

Algia Mae Hinton was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and vocalist.

Altovise Davis. was an African American actress and dancer. She also was the wife of Sammy Davis Jr.

The Ground on Which I Stand
African American theatre is distinct, distinguished, and fully deserving of the kind of funding and respect too often reserved for white culture and institutions.
BY AUGUST WILSON
20 YEARS ON WILSON'S 'GROUND' | JULY/AUGUST 2016 | OPINION JUNE 20, 2016

Sketches of Character in illustration of the Habits, Occupation and Costume of the Negro Population in the island of Jamaica.

On September 28, 1938, soul and R&B singer Benjamin Earl Nelson better known as Ben E. King, was born in Henderson, NC.

North Carolina Mutual Glee Club in 1929. Bessie Whitted is on the far left, front row.