The following audio and video presentations are a sampling of the material related to African American history available from the Library of the Congress and other partner agencies. These include Webcasts as well as musical recordings and unique sound artifacts, such as the stories of African Americans.
Please note: This list represents only a selection of the digital and physical holdings of the participating agencies.
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Authors Discuss Their Books at the National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
2009
- Annette Gordon-Reed
- Colson Whitehead
- Gwen Ifill
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Jerry Pinkney
- Kadir Nelson
- Nikki Grimes
- Patricia Smith
- Ricky Minor
- Sharon Robinson
- Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
2008
- Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Bob Lanier with Chris Duhon and Ivory Latta
- Charles R. Smith, Jr.
- Dionne Warwick
- Immaculée Ilibagiza
- Kadir Nelson and Doreen Rappaport
- Michael S. Harper
- Michelle Singletary
- Sharon Draper
- Tiki Barber
- Warren Brown
For videos featuring authors from previous National Book Festivals visit www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Civil Rights
- An American Conversation with John Hope Franklin - The Historian and the African American Experience (National Archives)
- Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin (Library of Congress)
- Nick Kotz: Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America (Library of Congress)
- Robert L Carter: A Matter of Law: A Memoir of Struggle in the Cause of Equal Rights (Library of Congress)
Folklife
- American Folklife Center: National Visionary Leadership Project Showcase (Library of Congress)
- Opalanga Pugh: African-American Storytelling from Colorado with Askia Toure on Voice and Drum (Library of Congress)
History
- 200th Anniversary of the Slave Trade Act of 1808 (National Archives)
- A Modern Queen in a Traditional Role: Nnabagereka Sylvia Nagginda, Queen of Buganda - Republic of Uganda (Library of Congress)
- African-Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles, Stories from the Veterans History Project
- An American Conversation with Lonnie Bunch - Remembrance and Reality: The New African American Museum (National Archives)
- Early African American Life (Library of Congress)
Music and Performing Arts
- African Americans in the Performing Arts (Library of Congress)
- Concert in Honor of African American History Month by Celeste Headlee and Danielle DeSwert (National Gallery of Art)
- Jazz on the Screen (Library of Congress)
- Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)
- Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (Library of Congress)
- Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life"
- Stevie Wonder Discusses "Sketches of a Life"
- “Now What a Time”: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (Library of Congress)
Poetry and Literature
- An Evening with Chinua Achebe (Library of Congress)
- David Kresh: Langton Hughes and His Poetry (Library of Congress)
- E. Ethelbert Miller Interview (Library of Congress)
- Journeys and Crossings: Langston Hughes and His Poetry (Library of Congress)
- Literature to Life: Zora! (Zora Neale Hurston) (Library of Congress)
Religion and Philosophy
- Lamin Sanneh: Sacred Truth & Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement (Library of Congress)