In 1941 and '42 African American scholars from Fisk University joined folklorist Alan Lomax on research trips to Coahoma County, Mississippi, studying its music culture. The writings, interviews, notes, and musical transcriptions now appear in print for the first time.
African-American scholars from Fisk University and the Library of Congress conducted a study in 1941-42 on the culture and music of the black community of the Mississippi Delta. Long thought to have been lost, this study has been recovered and includes 160 song transcriptions. (Music)
