James Weldon Johnson and his brother J . Rosamund published the first volume of " The Book of American Negro Spirituals ."
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The journal's title came from a poem that Hughes had written, which was a sinner's lament in the fashion of a Negro spiritual.
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Alliance became known for its highly unique and complex vocal arrangements, primarily of well-known negro spirituals, but of some newer songs, as well.
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This day also saw the origins of the adoption of the negro spiritual " Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " as a terrace song.
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The congas, in particular, were peculiar to the group at the time as other bands, most notably Negro spiritual, " Motherless Child ".
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It also includes a negro spiritual, " Blow Your Trumpet Gabriel ", the first time the band had drawn from that particular musical genre.
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His paintings fall into two categories : religious themes and general African-American experiences with some reviewers adding a third category for work depicting Negro spirituals.
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After playing for the white gentleman while touring Europe, the Ex-Colored Man decided to leave him and return to the South to study Negro spirituals.
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The Pastor and Jake burn the mortgage papers and the entire congregation celebrates the mortgage's being paid off, and the Needlemans enjoy the Negro spirituals.
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In 1985, Warren composed an upbeat choral piece entitled " I Ain't Got Long To Be Here " in the style of a negro spiritual.