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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Historically Black Greek Letter Fraternities Or Sororities Songs & Chants That Are Adaptations Of Spirituals Or Black Gospel Songs

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Edited by Azizi Powell Latest revision - Feb 25, 2026 This pancocojams post compiles text examples of some historically Black Greek letter ...

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

How The African American Spiritual Or Early Gospel Song "Keep Your Hands On The Plow" ("Hold On") Became The 1960s Civil Rights Song "Hold On" (also known as "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize")

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Mahalia Jackson - Keep Your Hand on the Plow BrendudeUploaded on Jan 6, 2010 **** Edited by Azizi Powell This post pancocojams post provides...

Monday, December 23, 2024

The Early 20th Century Christmas Song "Behold the Star" (With Information About Its African American Composer Dr. Thomas W. Talley)

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Khaleesi Newton, Feb 13, 2014 Creative Impressions in its 2013 Annual Behold the Star Concert singing its featured song "Behold the Sta...

Monday, December 5, 2022

The Meaning Behind The Lyrics To "Wade In The Water"

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Ms.Fluzo, July 19, 2010 **** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post presents some information about the African American Spiritual ...

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Sunday, September 29, 2019

Early Published Versions Of The African American Spiritual "Soon I Will Be Done" (With The Trouble Of The World)

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Edited by Azizi Powell This is Part I of a two part pancococojams series on the African American religious song "Soon I Will Be Done...

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Azizi Powell: I'm an African American mother, grandmother, & retired human services administrator. For more than forty years I have shared adapted West African stories with audiences in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. I have four blogspots: pancocojams, zumalayah, cocojams2, and .Civil Rights Songs. Much of the content of these blogs were previously found on my cocojams and jambalayah cultural websites. I curate all of these blogs on a voluntary basis. Each of these blogs have the primary goal of raising awareness about cultural aspects of African American culture and of other Black cultures throughout the world, particularly in regards to music & dance traditions. Viewer comments are welcome on my blogspots.

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