DURHAM, N.C. -- If the trees surrounding the historic Stagville plantation in Durham, North Carolina, could talk, they'd tell you it was once one of the largest plantations in the state. "They did ...

Primarily consists of original performance and interview audio recordings, audio outtake materials, and edited program audio tapes created by the Smithsonian Institution (SI) and National Public Radio ...

Margaret Bonds arranged over fifty African-American spirituals for various instruments, one of which is the five-minute piano work Troubled Water, based on the spiritual Wade in the Water.The context ...

Come to a special event featuring the screening of the powerful documentary film, Wade in the Water: A Journey into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture. This award-winning film reclaims the ...