With ambitious manipulations of poetic forms, Jess presents the sweat and story behind America’s blues, worksongs and church hymns.

IntroductionJubilee ProclamationSubmission to Crisis MagazineJubilee Blues********Blind Tom plays for Confederate Troops, 1863General James Bethune and John Bethune Introduce Blind TomWhat Marked Tom?Mark Twain v. Blind TomBlind Tom Plays for a Packed House, 1873Millie McKoy & Christine McKoy Recall Meeting Blind Tom, 1877What the Wind, Rain and Thunder Said to TomGeneral Bethune v. W.C. Handy, 1885Charity on Blind TomEliza Bethune v. Charity Wiggins General Bethune on Blind TomDuet: Blind Boone meets Blind Tom, 1889Blind Tom plays on . . .One Body, Two Graves: Brooklyn/Georgia********Jubilee: Isaac Dickerson (1852¿1900)Interview: Della Marie JenkinsJubilee: Eliza Walker (1857¿?)********Mille and Christine McKoyMillie-Christine On DisplayMillie-Christine Are KidnappedMillie-Christine¿s Love StoryMillie Christine Buy Landstep right up . . .Millie Christine¿s Syncopated Star of Sonnets********Jubilee: Ben Holmes (1846¿1875)Interview: Sam PattersonJubilee: Minnie Tate (1857¿?)********Mirror of Slavery/Mirror ChicaneryPre/face: Berryman/BrownFreedsong: Dream GoneFreedsong: Dream DawnFreedsong: So Long! (Duet)Freed Song: Dream LongFreedsong: Of 1850Freedsong: Dream WrongedFreedsong: Dream of My SonFreedsong: Dream StrongFreedsong: of 1876Freedsong: Dream Song********Jubilee: George White (1838¿1895)Interview: Blind BooneJubilee: Maggie Porter (1853¿1942)********Apparition in CRoots of BooneApparition in E?Blind Boone¿s BlessingApparition in FBlind Boone¿s VisionApparitions in F?Blind Boone¿s Escape Apparition in GBlind Boone¿s RageApparition in B?Boone¿s Pianola BluesApparition in C********Jubilee: Greene Evans (1848¿1914)Interview: Carmen LeDieiuxJubilee: Ella Shepard (1853¿1942)********Bert Williams/George Walker ParadoxThe Witmark Amateur Minstrel Guide All Coons Look Alike to Me! 1Coons Songs Must Go!/ Coon Songs Go On . . . 1All Coons Look Alike to Me! 2Coons Songs Must Go!/ Coon Songs Go On . . . 2All Coons Look Alike to Me! 3Coons Songs Must Go!/ Coon Songs Go On . . . 3Dunbar-Booker Double ShovelTable 2-3/Table2-5********Jubilee: Thomas Rutling (1855?¿1915)Interview: Lottie Joplin, Pt. 1Jubilee: Jennie Jackson (1852¿1910)********WPA Interview: E. ShoeMy Name is Sissieretta JonesWPA Interview: E. ShoeO Patria MiaWPA Interview: E. Shoead libitumWPA Interview: E. Shoeforte/graziosoWPA Interview: E. Shoe********Jubilee: Indigo (Choral)Interview: Lottie Joplin, Pt. 2Berlin v. Joplin: Alexander¿s Real Slow DragJubilee Mission********Alabaster HandsForever FreeHagar in the WildernessHiawathaDying CleopatraIndian CombatMinnehahaColonel Robert Gould ShawProvenanceWe¿ve sung each free day like it¿s salvation (choral)*******Last Letter Home******AppendixPresenting: The Dunbar/Washington Double Shovel Presenting: The Bert Williams/George Walker ParadoxPresenting: H. ¿Box¿ Brown Dream on . . . DuetNotes on Jubilee and Syncopated SonnetsThe Trotter InterviewsTimelineBibliographyAcknowledgmentsThanks