print email comment close African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/sheetmusic/brown/ Description: Over 1,300 pieces of music associated with antebellum blackface minstrelsy, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and on into the 20th century. Composers include James Bland, Ernest Hogan, Bob Cole, James Reese Europe, and Will Marion Cook. "Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords black Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- Songs and music Black History Month Folk music -- United States Popular music -- United States LII Database Information: Record 997 created by Martha Gifford on 02/04/2002 Last modification on 12/21/2006 Published: 02/04/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/997