The Welcome Table, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 13 relations: African Americans, Alice Walker, Book of Revelation, Carter Family, Civil rights movement, Folk music, Freedom song, Gospel, Hampton University, Jesus, New Testament, Slavery, Slavery in the United States.

2. 1874 songs
3. Bluegrass songs
4. Public domain music

African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist.

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Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible).

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Carter Family

The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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Freedom song

Freedom songs were songs which were sung by participants in the civil rights movement. The Welcome Table and Freedom song are songs about freedom and songs about racism and xenophobia.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.

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Hampton University

Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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New Testament

The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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See also

1874 songs

• Bringing In the Sheaves
• Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī
• Lofsöngur
• The Welcome Table

Bluegrass songs

• Are You Washed in the Blood?
• Banks of the Ohio
• Blue Moon of Kentucky
• Christmas Time's A-Comin'
• Down in the River to Pray
• Down in the Willow Garden
• East Tennessee Blues
• Fox on the Run (Manfred Mann song)
• Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
• I Am a Pilgrim
• I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
• I Just Want to Thank You Lord
• I'll Fly Away
• Kentucky Waltz
• Molly and Tenbrooks
• Old Dan Tucker
• Old Rosin the Beau
• Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams)
• Orange Blossom Special (song)
• Over the Edge (Sarah Jarosz song)
• Radio Boogie (song)
• Red Wing (song)
• Sitting on Top of the World
• Sleepy-Eyed John
• Soldier's Joy (fiddle tune)
• The Ballad of Jed Clampett
• The Devil's Dream
• The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
• The Welcome Table
• Tiny Broken Heart
• Travelin' Prayer
• We Shall Overcome
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells
• When You and I Were Young, Maggie
• Wreck on the Highway (1938 song)
• Yew Piney Mountain

Public domain music

• All Hail to Massachusetts
• Are You Washed in the Blood?
• Blessed Redeemer
• Camptown Races
• Choral Public Domain Library
• Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Down by the Bay
• Down by the Riverside
• Free Software Song
• Give Me Jesus
• Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• Happy Birthday to You
• I Am a Pilgrim
• International Music Score Library Project
• Jesus Loves Me
• Jesus Paid It All
• Johnny Johnny Yes Papa
• La Bamba (song)
• List of public domain tangos
• Maggie May (folk song)
• Musopen
• Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
• O Canada
• Onward, Christian Soldiers
• Open Goldberg Variations
• Parabéns a Você
• Public domain music
• Rockin' Robin (song)
• Stand by Me (Charles Albert Tindley song)
• The Badger Drive
• The Cat Came Back
• The Old Rugged Cross
• The Welcome Table
• This Is My Father's World
• This Little Light of Mine
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells
• When We All Get to Heaven

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Welcome_Table

Also known as I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table.