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Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which the racial wisdom flowed.

Richard Wright
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[W]e have always resented the natural inclination of most white people to demand spirituals the moment it is known that a Negro is about to sing. So often the request has seemed to savor of the feeling that we could do this and this alone.

Countee Cullen
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Europeans love American spirituals and folk songs. We also pick folks songs in Spanish that show the connections between cultures related to Spain.

Laura Lane
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He loved to sing spirituals because they told a story.

Murray Walker
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In the last 30 years, the music has slowly been going down, ... We are losing our spirituals and our cantatas; many of them are being jazzed up. I don't think we should use any kind of gimmicks to attract young people.

William Banks
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