Guest Q -


You wrote: Songs like the "Drinking Gourd" are very doubtfully of the period and have much myth attached.

What you are saying about The Drinking Gourd (and other such songs) runs counter to my research which began in the 1970's at a lecture by an African-American woman who was academically credential-ed, and then later by the woman who sings bass in Sweet Honey In The Rock (forgive me, I can't remember her name).

I am open to learning more about this. I know how non-facts with frequent retellings become "truths" - witness Hitler's Big Lie and the Bush43 Administration (oops, thread creep). Can you cite some sources that would back up your statement?

Thanks,
Martha