Video number thirty in the A T Short series: Nikki Giovanni reads her poem "Prison Poem" accompanied by the music of the New York Community Choir. Each A T Short has its own message (sometimes two: one musical and one visual), and because each A T Short video has a different message, you may not like all of them but you will like enough of them.
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Nikki Giovanni reads selected poems accompanied by the music of the New York Community Choir. CD was released in 1971. Director: Benny Diggs. Personnel: Nikki Giovanni (spoken vocals); Isaac Douglas, Edgar Kendricks, Arthur Freeman, Wilbert Johnson, Benny Diggs, and the members of the New York Community Choir. Giovanni joined the voices of five regional gospel choirs at James Madison University's Wilson Hall Auditorium on Monday, February 27, 2006 for a concert commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of "Truth Is On Its Way," one of the first recordings of its kind, combining traditional gospel spirituals with Giovanni's own contemporary poetry. http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Its-Way-Nikki-Giovanni/dp/B00...