Lesson 26 of 26 Black History and the Blues

Oral Tradition and the Blues" - 52:48 - Apr 5, 2006 - Dartmouth College Office of Alumni Relations. Born in the Mississippi Delta, refined in Chicago, its Mecca, the Blues has been described as an impulse to keep painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one’s aching consciousness. It is a musical chronicle of personal agony and the possibility of conquering it through sheer toughness of spirit. Learn more about the people and places that created the music