Archives - Music - African Americans in New Mexico - Research Guides at University of New Mexico

Music or Sound Recordings

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Here are several collections from the CSWR with songs by African Americans or notes on Black gospel music.

Shirley Ann Griffin-Martin Recordings
MSS 835 BC, recordings made by an African American UNM student of Black music and programs from Albuquerque in the 1980s, popular music, speeches from Juneteenth events, church gospel songs, sermons and a UNM Black History Month program.
Charlemaud Curtis Collection of Southwestern Music, Interviews and Programs, 1960-1987
MSS 847 BC, recordings of African American religious gospel music from Mount Olive Baptist Church and Grant Chapel, in Albuquerque.
John Donald (J.D.) Robb Papers, 1915-1989
MSS 497 BC, includes article - The Negro in Music, N.A.A.C.P., 1953, Black spirituals.

Some Song Lyrics

Frank McCulloch Collection, 1960-2019.
MSS 956 BC, in Frank's notes are lyrics for songs about African Americans, slavery, injustice, poverty, racism, Martin Luther King, JFK, Negro soldier, love song, etc.

Juneteenth song

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours, " written by Stevie Wonder (1970), performed by Broadstreet, Juneteenth Band, at the Juneteenth Celebration, First Plaza in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 15, 1985. Part of the

Shirley Ann Griffin-Martin Recordings of Albuquerque African A merican Music and Programs, 1985-1988, MSS 835 BC, Box 1, CD 2, Song No. 25. Recording.

Shirley Ann Griffin- Martin