Ah, Larry, I remember the spirituals, too. In my mind, I recall:
Oh, Mary don't you weep don't you moan,
Oh Mary don't you weep don't you moan.
Pharoah's army got drowDED..oh, Mary don't you weep.
It is on the backs of those in the fields that America is built.
Good night, my friends,
From Florida
@JoanneDorel,
I might read some books about Black contributions in the US or reead some African literature. I'm interested in doing research on my African heritage.
In anyone's interested I started a thread here:
http://able2know.org/topic/168042-1