Singing in a Strange Land

by Nick Salvatore

  DEPOSITED IN ARCHIVES

  Delta State University Archives, Cleveland, MS

  Goodman, Gladys. Interviewer and date unknown.

  Tharpe, Armelda. Interviewed by Annie Hamp, December 11, 1980, Cleveland, MS.

  Special Collections, Ned R. McWherter Library, University of Memphis, Memphis

  Burkley, Reverend Joseph Lee. Interviewed by Charles W. Crawford, March 17, 1979, Memphis.

  Holmes, Reverend W. C. Interviewed by Reverend Randolph Meade Walker, March 23, 1982, Memphis.

  Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sidney Fine, interviewer

  Cockrell, Kenneth. August 26, 1985, Detroit.

  Crockett, George, Jr. August 7, 1984, Detroit.

  Gregory, Karl. July 12, 1984, Detroit.

  Johnson, Arthur. July 23, 1984, Detroit.

  Keith, Damon. June 21, 1985, Detroit.

  Potts, Reverend Robert. June 4, 1985, Detroit.

  Ravitz, Mel. July 26, 1985, Detroit.

  Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit

  Battle, Robert. Interviewed by Herbert Hill, March 19, 1969, Detroit.

  Billups, Joseph. Interviewed by Herbert Hill, Shelton Tappes, and Roberta McBride, October 27, 1967, Detroit.

  Coles, Joseph. Interviewed by Jim Keeney and Roberta McBride, July 8, 1970, Detroit.

  Crockett, George W., Jr. Interviewed by Herbert Hill, February 2, 1968, Detroit.

  Dade, Reverend Malcolm. Interviewed by Jim Keeney and Roberta McBride, September 17, 1969, Detroit.

  DiGaetano, Nick. Interviewed by Jim Keeney and Herbert Hill, June 17, 1968, Detroit.

  Grigsby, Snow. Interviewed by Roberta McBride, March 12, 1967, Detroit.

  Hatcher, Ray. Interviewed by Jim Keeney and Roberta McBride, July 3, 1970, Detroit.

  Hill, Reverend Charles. Interviewed by Roberta McBride, May 8, 1967, Detroit.

  Macki, Eleanor. Interviewed by Norman McRae, March 26, 1970, Detroit.

  McPhaul, Arthur. Interviewed by Norman McRae, April 5, 1970, Detroit.

  Robertson, George. Interviewed by Roberta McBride, November [?] 1967, Detroit.

  Sheffield, Horace. Interviewed by Herbert Hill and Roberta McBride, July 24, 1968, Detroit.

  Whitby, Beulah. Interviewed by Jim Keeney and Roberta McBride, September 16, 1969, Detroit.

  DISCOGRAPHY

  C. L. FRANKLIN’S RECORDED SERMONS

  All Things Work Together for Good to Them That Love God. Battle 6103.

  And He Went a Little Farther. Chess LP 64.

  _______. In Reverend C. L. Franklin, My Favorite Sermons. Universal MCAD-21147 (1999).

  The Barren Fig Tree. Chess LP 32.

  A Bigot Meets Jesus. Jewel LPS 0079.

  The Book of Ezekiel. Jewel JCD 3201.

  The Challenge of Christmas. Chess LP 48.

  Come unto Me, Lazarus. Chess LP 74.

  Counting the Cost. Chess LP 29.

  The Devil Tempts Jesus. Chess LP 40.

  Did Not Our Hearts Burn While He Talked by the Wayside? Battle 6110 (1956). Reissued on Chess LP 50 as The Journey to Emmaus.

  Dry Bones in the Valley. Chess LP 36.

  The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest. Chess LP 21 (ca. 1953).

  _______. The Eagle Stirs Her Nest. Jewel LP 3083.

  The Eternity of the Church. Chess LP 37.

  Except I Shall See in His Hands the Print of the Nails and Thrust My Hand into His Side. Battle 6102. Reissued on Chess LP 54.

  _______. In Reverend C. L. Franklin, Sermons and Hymns. Universal MCAD-21146 (1999).

  The Fiery Furnace. Chess LP 35.

  Fishermen, Drop Your Nets. Chess LP 59.

  Following Jesus. Chess LP 45 (1955).

  The Foolish and the Wise Builders. Chess LP 38.

  Fret Not Thyself. Chess LP 79.

  Give Me This Mountain. Chess LP 27.

  The Golden Calf. Jewel LPS 0049 (ca. 1971).

  The Greatest Love Story. Jewel LPS 0076 (ca. 1973).

  Hannah, The Ideal Mother. Battle 6112.

  Hosea the Prophet and Gomer the Prostitute. Chess LP 44.

  How Long Halt Ye between Two Opinions? Battle 6111. Reissued on Chess LP 63.

  I Heard It through the Grapevine. Chess LP 73 (ca. 1969).

  The Inner Conflict. Chess LP 43.

  Jacob Wrestling the Angel. Chess LP 22.

  Jesus Met the Woman at the Well. Chess LP 55.

  John’s Vision of a New Heaven. Chess LP 53.

  The Journey to Emmaus. Chess LP 50.

  The King, Lord of Hosts. Chess LP 47.

  ______. In Reverend C. L. Franklin, Sermons and Hymns. Universal MCAD-21146 (1999).

  The King of the Jews. Chess LP 25.

  Let Your Hair Down. Jewel LPS 0058 (ca. 1971).

  Lo, I Am with You Always (The Great Commission). Chess LP 57 (1956).

  The Lord’s Prayer. Jewel LPS 0068 (ca. 1972).

  The Man at the Pool. Chess LP 26.

  Man on the Moon. Chess LP 72 (ca. 1969).

  The Meaning of Black Power. Chess LP 76 (ca. 1969).

  Moses at the Red Sea. Chess LP 19.

  Moses Sends Twelve Spies (Promise of Jesus). Chess LP 58 (1956).

  My Kingdom Is Not of This World. Chess LP 68.

  Nehemiah and the Great Work. Chess LP 39.

  Nothing Shall Separate Me from the Love of God. Chess LP 16.

  The 100th Psalm (The Lord Is Good). Chess LP 62.

  Paul’s Hymn of Love. Chess LP 61.

  Paul’s Mediation on Immortality. Chess LP 56.

  The Preacher Who Got Drunk. Chess LP 71.

  Pressing On. Chess LP 42 (1955).

  ______. In Reverend C. L. Franklin, Legendary Sermons. Universal MCAD-21145 (1999).

  The Prodigal Son. Chess LP 23 (ca. 1954).

  The Project of Making Man. Chess LP 77.

  The Rich Man and the Beggar. Chess LP 60.

  The Rich Young Ruler. Chess LP 49.

  Satan Goes to Prayer Meeting. Jewel LPS 0106.

  Silver and Gold Have I None. Chess LP 30.

  The Story of Job. Chess LP 34.

  Study to Show Thyself to God. Chess LP 41.

  There’s Danger in a Crowd. Chess LP 66.

  This Is My Beloved Son. Chess LP 77.

  The Twenty-third Psalm. Chess LP 20.

  Two Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread. Chess LP 28.

  ______. In Reverend C. L. Franklin, Legendary Sermons. Universal MCAD-21145 (1999).

  What Is Your Life? Gospel Roots 5003.

  What Must I Do to Be Saved? Chess LP 19.

  ______. In Reverend C. L. Franklin, My Favorite Sermons. Universal MCAD-21147 (1999).

  What of the Night? Chess LP 75.

  What Think Ye of Jesus? Chess LP 24.

  Wheel in the Middle of a Wheel. Chess LP 79.

  Why Are Ye So Afraid, O Ye of So Little Faith? Battle 6108. Reissued on Chess LP 70 (1959).

  Why Have the Mighty Fallen? Chess LP 67 (ca. 1968).

  A Wild Man Meets Jesus. Chess LP 69.

  Without a Song. Chess LP 52.

  Ye Are the Salt of the Earth. Chess LP 31.

  Ye Must Be Born Again. Chess LP 17.

  C. L. FRANKLIN’S SERMONS, FIELD RECORDINGS BY JEFF TODD TITON (transcripts in possession of author)

  “Behold, I Send You Like Sheep into a Pack of Wolves.” May 5, 1978, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “Dives, Lazarus, and the Dogs.” October 2, 1977, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “The Eternity of the Church.” October 2, 1977, Little Rock Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “Finding Oneself in a Cave.” May 7, 1978, Holy Cross Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “Fisherman or Shepherds?” May 7, 1978, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “Give Me This Mountain.” May 28, 1978, n.p. [New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit?].

  “Jesus at Bethesda.” October 16, 1977, Cathedral of Faith, Inks
ter, MI.

  “The Man Who Went to Heaven without Dying.” November 7, 1977, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “Meeting Jesus in the Dawn.” April 30, 1978, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “A Mother at the Cross.” May 14, 1978, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “A Mountain-top Vision.” October 30, 1977, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  “Refusal to the Banquet of God.” October 16, 1977, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit.

  OTHER RECORDINGS

  Battle, Kathleen, and Jessye Norman. Spirituals in Concerts. Deutsche Grammophon 429790-2.

  Brown, James. 40th Anniversary Collection. Polydor 31453 3409-2.

  Carr, Sister Wynona. Dragnet for Jesus. Speciality SPCD-7016-2.

  Cliff, Jimmy. The Harder They Come. Mango 162-539-202-2.

  Cooke, Sam. Keep Movin’ On. ABKCO 18771-3563-2.

  Dorsey, Thomas A. Precious Lord: The Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey. Columbia/Legacy CK 57164.

  Franklin, Aretha. Amazing Grace. Atlantic 2-906-2/0 202 199 (1972).

  ______. Aretha Gospel. Chess CHD-91521 (1991).

  ______. Aretha Live at Fillmore West. Rhino R2 71526 (1971).

  ______. Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings. Rhino 71063, 4 disks (1992).

  Franklin, Aretha, and Reverend [C. L.] Franklin. Never Grow Old. Creative Sound 3706-2.

  Franklin, Erma. Golden Classics. Collectibles COL-CD-5453.

  Franklin, Reverend C. L. and Aretha Franklin (with the New Bethel Baptist Church Choir). Only a Look. Jewel JCD-3059 (1996).

  Gates, Reverend J. M. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order. Volume 1: April to September 1926. Document DOCD-5414 (1995).

  ______. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order. Volume 2: September 1926. Document DOCD-5432 (1996).

  Gaye, Marvin. Marvin Gaye’s Greatest Hits. Motown MDO 5191.

  Hastings Street Grease. Vol. 1. Blue Suit BS-110D.

  Hastings Street Grease. Vol. 2. Blue Suit BS-111D.

  Highway Q.C.’s. Count Your Blessings. Charley CPCD 8113.

  Hooker, John Lee. Detroit Blues. Flyright FLY CD 23 (1987).

  ______. The Legendary Modern Recordings [1948-1954]. Flair/Virgin 72438 39658 2 3 (1993).

  ______. The Unknown John Lee Hooker: 1949 Recordings. Flyright FLY CD 57.

  ______. Urban Blues. MCA MCAD-10760 (1993).

  Hopkins, Lightin’ [Sam Hopkins]. The Rising Sun Collection. Just a Memory Records RSCD 0009.

  House, Son [Eddie James House]. Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions. Columbia/Legacy, CZK 48867.

  Jackson, Mahalia. The Apollo Sessions, 1946-1951. Pride PCD-2-1332 (1994).

  ______. Gospels, Spirituals, and Hymns. Columbia/Legacy C2K 65594.

  Johnson, Robert. The Complete Recordings. Columbia C2K 46222.

  King, B. B. [Riley B. King]. King of the Blues. Volume 1, 1946-1966. MCA MCAD4-10677 (1992).

  Lenoir, J. B. The Parrot Sessions, 1954-5: Vintage Chicago Blues. Relic 7020.

  Malcolm X. The Malcolm X Story, 7 Speech Set. Sugar Hill MX 542.

  MC5. Thunder Express. Jungle Records, Freud CD 71 (1999).

  The Meditation Singers. Good News. Speciality SPCD-7032-2 (1992).

  None but the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats. Chess (distributed by MCA) MCD 09336/CHD 9336 (1992).

  The Pattersonaires. Book of the Seven Seals. High Water/HMG 6514.

  Patton, Charley. King of the Delta Blues: The Music of Charlie [sic] Patton. Yazoo Records 2001.

  Rainey, Gertrude “Ma.” The Paramounts Chronologically: 1924-1925, Volume Two. Black Swan HCD 12002 (1989).

  Smith, Bessie. The Complete Recordings, Vol 1. Columbia/Legacy C2K 47091.

  Staples, Pops [Roebuck Staples]. Peace to the Neighborhood. Charisma 07777 86286 2 0.

  Steel Pulse. True Democracy. Elektra 9 60113-2.

  Sykes, Roosevelt. Roosevelt Sykes Complete Recorded Works: Volume 3, 19 September 1931 to 11 December 1933. Document DOCD-5118.

  Tampa Red [Hudson Woodbridge]. Tampa Red: The Guitar Wizard. Columbia/Legacy CK 53235.

  Walker, T-Bone [Aaron Thibeaux Walker]. The Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950-1954. EMI D 200451.

  ______. Stormy Monday. Laserlight 17 103.

  Walk Right In: The Essential Recordings of Memphis Blues. Indigo IGOCD 2038 (1996).

  The Clara Ward Singers. Meetin’ Tonight! Vanguard 145/46-2.

  Williams, Marion. My Soul Looks Back. Shanachie 6011.

  NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

  Black Church. Boston, 1972-1974.

  Buffalo Courier-Express. Buffalo, 1942-1947.

  Buffalo Criterion. Buffalo, 1943-1945.

  Detroit Free Press. Detroit, 1950-1970.

  Detroit News. Detroit, 1952-1967.

  Ebony. Chicago, 1945-1984.

  Illustrated News. Detroit, 1961-1964.

  Liberator. New York, 1961-1971.

  Memphis World. Memphis, 1943-1945.

  Michigan Chronicle. Detroit, 1945-1984.

  National Baptist Voice. Nashville, 1940-1985.

  Southern Frontier. Atlanta, 1940-1945.

  Statistical Survey. Buffalo, 1929-1942.

  GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

  Buffalo. City Planning Commission. Buffalo’s Population in 1975. Buffalo, 1949.

  Memphis. Benefits and Opportunities for Colored Citizens of Memphis. Memphis, n.d. [1945].

  U.S. Bureau of the Census. Special Reports: Religious Bodies: 1906. Pts. 1 and 2. Washington, DC, 1910.

  ______. Religious Bodies: 1916. 2 vols. Washington, DC, 1919.

  ______. Religious Bodies: 1926. 2 vols. Washington, DC, 1930.

  ______. Religious Bodies: 1936. 2 vols. Washington, DC, 1941.

  ______. Thirteenth Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1910. Vol. 2, Population. Washington, DC, 1913.

  ______. Fourteenth Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1920. Vol. 3, Population. Washington, DC, 1922.

  ______. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930. Vol. 3, pt. 1, Population. Washington, DC, 1932.

  ______. Negroes in the United States, 1920-1932. Washington, DC, 1935.

  ______. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940. Vol. 1, Population: Number of Inhabitants. Washington, DC, 1943.

  ______. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940. Vol. 2, pts. 4-6, Population: Characteristics of the Population. Washington, DC, 1943.

  ______. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940. Vol. 2, pt. 4. Housing: General Characteristics. Washington, DC, 1943.

  ______. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940. Vol. 3, pts. 4 and 5, Population: The Labor Force. Washington, DC, 1943.

  ______. A Statistical Abstract Supplement: City and County Data Book, 1949. Washington, DC, 1952.

  ______. Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States. Census of Housing: 1950. Vol. 1, pt. 4, General Characteristics. Washington, DC, 1953.

  ______. Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States. Census of the Population: 1950. Vol. 2, pt. 1 (United States Summary), Characteristics of the Population. Washington, DC, 1953.

  ______. Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States. Census of the Population: 1950. Vol. 2, pt. 32 (New York), Characteristics of the Population. Washington, DC, 1952.

  U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Hearings Held in Detroit, Michigan, December 14, December 15, 1960. Washington, DC, 1961.

  U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. Hearings: Communism in the Detroit Area, March 10, 11, 12 and April 20 and 30, 1952. 82d Cong., 2d sess., 2 pts. Washington, DC, 1952.

  MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS

  MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION

  Proceedings of the Ninety-second Session of the Mississippi Baptist State Convention, Held in Water Valley, Miss., November 18-20, 1930. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Ninety-fourth Session of the Mississippi Baptist State Convention. Held in Gulfport, Miss., Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1932.
N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the One-Hundredth and First Session (Historically Correct) of the Mississippi Baptist State Convention, Held in Philadelphia, Miss., Nov. 16-18, 1937. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the One-Hundredth and Third Session (Historically Correct) of the Mississippi Baptist Convention, Held in Jackson, Miss., Nov. 14-16, 1939. N.p., n.d.

  NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION

  Proceedings of the Fifty-fifth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention held with the Baptist Churches of New York, New York, September 4-9, 1935. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Fifty-eighth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. Held with the Baptist Churches of St. Louis, Missouri, September 7-11, 1938. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., Held with the Baptist Churches of Birmingham, Alabama, September 4-9, 1940. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-first Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., Held with the Baptist Churches of Cleveland, Ohio, September 10-14, 1941. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-second Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., Held with the Baptist Churches of Memphis, Tenn., September 9-13, 1942. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-third Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Incorporated, Held with the Baptist Churches of Chicago, Illinois, September 8-12, 1943. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-fourth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Incorporated, Held with the Baptist Churches of Dallas, Texas, September 6-10, 1944. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Incorporated, Held with the Baptist Churches of Detroit, Michigan, September 5-9, 1945. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-sixth Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Incorporated, Held with the Churches of Atlanta, Georgia, September 4-8, 1946. N.p., n.d.

  Proceedings of the Sixty-seventh Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Incorporated, Held with the Baptist Churches of Kansas City, Missouri, September 10-14, 1947. N.p., n.d.