The Black American
1974 · Jewel Records 843 · USA
- Artist
- Don Evans
- Title
- The Black American
- Release
- The Black American / Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Year
- 1974
- Label
- Jewel Records # 843
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Adelle Jackson Martin
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
- A-side, spoken word Civil Rights protest. - B-side, gospel instrumental - Reference to slavery, Civil War. - African-American fought in many war, including WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam - Also MLK, space race, 70s energy crisis, Watergate / Nixon, culture.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Jewel 843; narrated by Don Evans with The Black Americans (B-side "Battle Hymn of the Republic", instrumental); arranged by Don Logan; producers Otis Martin and Stan Lewis. African Americans fought in every war, Vietnam included; also slavery, MLK, the space race, the energy crisis and Watergate. DJ copy; written by Adelle Jackson Martin; Su-Ma (BMI), SL2373, MAR74, ℗ 1974 Jewel Record Corp.; time 3:33; producers Otis Martin & Stan Lewis, arranger Don Logan; distributed by Jewel Records, Shreveport, Louisiana. [From the record label]
Themes
Civil Rights · Racism · Civil War · WW1 · WW2 · Korea · MLK · Watergate · Nixon
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]