"Colored Blues Singer" by Countee Cullen w/ Blind Willie Johnson

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  • 3 months ago
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a reading of his poem "Colored Blues Singer" to the tones of Blind Willie Johnson.

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