Ep 15  Show Notes
In this page of Facts About the Negro, written by Joel Augustus Rogers and Illustrated by ___ we hear the stories of Alum Ahiyou, Alice, and Robert Gordon. To view the original newspaper clipping, visit:
https://scalar.usc.edu/works/decoding-diaspora/media/fn-15
Intro and Outro
With J. A. Rogers having been a fan of jazz, we selected Loco Lobo’s “My Favorite Jazz Lounge Compilation Remastered” as a fitting reflection of the period and genre’s sensibilities.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/my-favorite-jazz-lounge-compilation-remastered/ambient-blues-joe-id-773-remastered/
Story 1 (Gannie Christmas)
Sams.mp3 (created by Freesound user TexasMusicForge) (sound used for blues backing)
https://freesound.org/people/TexasMusicForge/sounds/2688/
Moving Boxes and Bags.wav (created by freesound user kemitix)
https://freesound.org/people/kemitix/sounds/41863/

Story 2 (Peter Ogden)
Piano loop 1.wav ( created by freesound user betabeats)
https://freesound.org/people/betabeats./sounds/676689/
Writing.wav (created by freesound user thegoose09)
https://freesound.org/people/thegoose09/sounds/125397/
 
Story 3 (Civil War)

R08-29-Group of People with Man Yelling.wav (created by freesound user craigsmith)

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480726/

Recording Voices: Anna Byrd, Erica Bennet

Ep15 Facts About the Negro

Micro-podcasts that offer a sonic signification of the text and illustrations from Joel Augustus Rogers’ Facts About the Negro. Part of the Decoding Diaspora: Mapping J. A. Rogers' "Africa" research initiative at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.

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