Alan Lomax Black Encyclopedia of the Air Big beautiful black history MINT RARE

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 A super rare LP produced by Alan Lomax and narrated by Jack Walker entitled Black Encyclopedia of the Air A Big Beautiful Black History Stories of the Rise and Spread of Black Culture in Africa and America.  This record was produced by Lomax for Atlantic Records for the Black Identity Project helmed by columbia university.  may have been intended for radio broadcast and was never intended to be sold or available to the public - Not For Sale is actually printed on the sleeve (not stamped) - likely few exist.  Includes musical and narrative interludes ranging from historical tales to musical examples including roots of gospel and r and b and voodoo drum ritual and african american poetry and so on.. Includes pieces from Lomax's other records on Folkways , rare ethnographic records on the Ocora label, pieces from ellington, armstrong, james brown!

This copy is Mint, has never been played before, never been removed from the sleeve! The original shrinkwrap is on the sleeve, covering 75% of the record, and there is no way for anyone to have removed the record and kept the shrink on! Part of the shrink seems to have been removed in order to be stamped as being part of the the collection of the Frederick Douglas / Martin Luther King Library in Louisiana.  Light wear to a couple of the corners and edges, but overall really nice!

According to the Cultural Equity Research Center:

"In 1968–69, Lomax and a group of black and white historians and anthropologists at Columbia University created the Black Identity Project. Based on the work of historian John Hendrik Clarke, founder of the African Heritage Studies Association, the Black Identity Project aimed to acquaint younger radio audiences with black history and heritage. The resulting Black Encyclopedia of the Air, designed to be aired over black radio networks, consisted of 30 “one-minute-plus” educational spots, narrated by well-known radio personality Jack Walker (board chairman of the National Association of Television and Radio Announcers). Alan Lomax, assisted by Raoul Abdul, Arnold Hartley and other leading anthropologists and musicians, contributed scripts utilizing his Cantometrics research. Topics covered included the roots of Ray Charles in African orchestral style; horn bands of Africa and the New World; the role of women and African female warriors; African male choruses and “overlap” singing; a black history of American pop music; black Islam; and the founding of Chicago by a Haitian settler ¾ to name a few. Teaching sheets and lists for further reading were provided with the series. The ACE archive has scripts and other papers connected with the Black Encyclopedia of the Air."

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