http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/11/16/various-artists-%e2%80%9cprison-work-songs-mixtape%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/11/16/various-artists-%e2%80%9cprison-work-songs-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-174267 audiologo Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:55:11 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/11/16/various-artists-%e2%80%9cprison-work-songs-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-174267 As the above commenter said this is truly beautiful work, as well as being an important part of US history--so thank you for this collection. Part of the history of the US prison industrial complex in the US is the neo-slavery that occurred post Reconstruction. This documented in reporter Douglas Blackmon's pulitzer prize winning, _Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II_ Blackmon document the false arrest, conviction and imprisonment of African Americans, mainly men, who were then "leased" to business to serve their indefinite sentences. Some of these businesses were farms and plantations, but more often were corporations such as US Steel. These men were held and made to work under appalling conditions, sometimes worked to death under "acceptable loss" policies of the times. For more info see Blackmon's site (no, I'm not a relative or publicist) Thanks again for your wonderful work! As the above commenter said this is truly beautiful work, as well as being an important part of US history–so thank you for this collection. Part of the history of the US prison industrial complex in the US is the neo-slavery that occurred post Reconstruction. This documented in reporter Douglas Blackmon’s pulitzer prize winning, _Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II_ Blackmon document the false arrest, conviction and imprisonment of African Americans, mainly men, who were then “leased” to business to serve their indefinite sentences. Some of these businesses were farms and plantations, but more often were corporations such as US Steel. These men were held and made to work under appalling conditions, sometimes worked to death under “acceptable loss” policies of the times. For more info see Blackmon’s site (no, I’m not a relative or publicist) Thanks again for your wonderful work!

]]> http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/11/16/various-artists-%e2%80%9cprison-work-songs-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-174149 Lee Wood Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:26:09 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/11/16/various-artists-%e2%80%9cprison-work-songs-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-174149 Beautiful Work, very Beautiful and Strong Work. Beautiful Work, very Beautiful and Strong Work.

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