New World A Coming


A radio show based on the 1943 book New World A-Coming: Inside Black America, which described life for African Americans in Harlem, New York City. In latter episodes, it spread out to include other topics of race and culture.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapitres

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The Negro Fascism and Democracy 26:16
The Negro in Early America 16:46
The Negro in Entertainment 25:44
Ghettoes: The Black Belt - Their History 24:48
The Negro and Health 24:25
The Story of Negro Humor 24:38
The Story Behind the Headline in the Negro Press 26:42
The Story Behind the Headline in the Negro Press 26:42
The Story of the Negro Church in New York 26:34
Arrangement in Black and White 26:24
The Story of James Pearson 25:06
The Story of Ted Morgan, a Negro Reporter 24:59
Life in the Ghetto 22:25
A Statement by the Negro Community on D-Day 25:58
The Mammy Legend 24:33
The Story of Negro Music 25:14
The Vermont Experiment 17:51
Music at War 26:09
Executive Order 8802 26:07
Inside Harlem Hospitals 25:19
The Life and Music of W.C. Handy 24:52
Parachutes for Democracy 24:37
Heroes of the Sky 15:39
The American Negro Theatre 24:58
We Deliver the Goods 24:45
The First Noel 24:57
I Teach Negro Girls 24:46
Hot Spots U.S.A. 24:43
The Freedom Road 24:31
The Freedom Road 24:56
Roll Call 7:51
There Are Things to Do 17:11
They Knew Lincoln 24:52
The Story of Blood Plasma 24:52
Furlough Home 24:45
Negroes in Housing 23:54
Negroes and Health 23:55
Negroes in Labor 23:18
The Negro Reporter 23:45
The Negro in Early America 23:57
White Folks Do Some Funny Things 24:21
Memorial to FDR 29:59
The Story of Negro Nurses 23:17
Report from the Front 22:57
Blood Flows Red 14:10
The Meaning of V-E Day to Negroes 24:59
The Wind at My Back 24:29