Cultural Files
name: label: Collection Consultant
content: Richardson, Deborra
label: Collection Collector
content: Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024
setName: label: See more items in
content: Bernice Johnson Reagon Collection of African American Sacred Music
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1836 - 1994
label: Date
content: bulk 1920-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0653, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Four document boxes of materials which relate to prominent personalities, groups and events that contributed to the popularization of African American sacred music.  Also included in this series is information on slave songs, the Civil War, the Black Church, the Civil Rights Movement, and popular music culture.