Testimony by Sister Littlejohn

Audio file

Date recorded: October 3, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified woman; Performer: Sister Littlejohn; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred speech, spoken
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: The Hart Temple
Location: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T902
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: T902R07
Note: Alan Lomax: "no good." Editor Note: Unidentified woman introduces Sister Littlejohn, who offers a testimony and thanks the congregation and the "white friends" who are visiting. The former also welcomes "Mr. Lomax and Mrs. Collins… our friends from New York."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Memphis II 10/59
About the session: A Saturday night radio broadcast from the Hart Temple in Memphis, featuring spirituals sung by the Famous Smith Radio Chorus, and sermons. Only the group of girls singing on Tape 902, tracks 2, 6, and 10, are identified as the Famous Smith Radio Chorus; it is unclear whether the other singers at the Hart Temple were considered part of the Chorus or not, so they are not identified as such here.
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