Black History Month: Books and Songs

11:07am Berta, Berta by Leroy Miller & Prisoners at Parchman Penitentiary on Roots of the Blues (New World Records)

11:13am Assiko by Orchestre Africa DJembe on The Drums of Goree (Playasound Records)

11:20am Queen Of the Field by Alicia Keys on 12 Years A Slave (Columbia Records)

11:27am Ship Ahoy by The O’Jays on Ship Ahoy (Philadelphia International Records)

11:37am When Will We Be Paid by The Staple Singers on Very Best Of (Stax Records)

11:44am Southern Man by Neil Young on After the Gold Rush (Reprise Records)

11:51am Roll Jordan Roll by John Legend on 12 Years A Slave (Columbia Records)

11:59am Go Down Moses by Louis Armstrong on Louis and The Good Book (MCA Records)

12:11pm Follow the Drinking Gourd by Richie Havens on Songs Of the Civil War (Columbia Records)

12:23pm Oh Freedom by Harry Belafonte on My Lord What A Mornin’ (RCA Records)

12:23pm No More Auction Block by Odetta on Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard Records)

12:27pm Keep On Pushing by The Impressions on Very Best of The Impressions (Rhino Records)

12:32pm People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield on Beautiful Brother (Metro Music)

12:40pm Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by Kim Weston on This Is America (MGM Records)

12:49pm Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday on The Billie Holiday Songbook (Verve Records)

12:54pm To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Nina Simone on To Love Somebody (RCA Records)

12:58pm Get Back (Black, Brown & White) by Big Bill Broonzy on The Anthology (Not Now Records)

1:04pm Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke on The Man and His Music (RCA Records)

1:12pm The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron on Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (Flying Dutchman)

1:17pm Message From A Black Man by The Temptations on Puzzle People (Gordy Records)

1:24pm Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud by James Brown on Gold (Universal Music)

1:29pm Express Yourself by Charles Wright on Express Yourself (Warner Brothers Records)

1:37pm You’re the Man by Marvin Gaye on Let’s Get It On (Tamla Records)

1:40pm We Go High by Mavis Staples on If All I Was Was Black (ANTI- Records)