Black Pearls: The Poetry of Maya Angelou

Original Release Date:  March 17, 1998

Track Listing

• 1. No, No, No, No
• 2. I Will Last
• 3. The Calling of Names
• 4. Letter to an Aspiring Junkie
• 5. Sepia Fashion Show
• 6. On Working White Liberals
• 7. Homewrecker's Lament (They Went Home)
• 8. Re: Revolt [Riot's: 60's]
• 9. The Thirteens (Black)
• 10. The Thirteens (White)
• 11. Miss Scarlett, Mr. Rhett and Other Latterday Saints
• 12. Harlem Hopscotch
• 13. My Guilt
• 14. No Loser, No Weeper
• 15. A Dirge for Thanksgiving and Christmas
• 16. When I Think About Myself
• 17. Black Incense
• 18. Burnt Umber
• 19. Black Ode
• 20. To a Freedom Fighter
• 21. To a Husband
• 22. All Alone
• 23. Song of Insecurity (Senses of Insecurity)
• 24. The Gamut
• 25. When You Come to Me
• 26. To a Man
• 27. Faces
• 28. Remembering
• 29. In a Time
• 30. Tears
• 31. The Detached
• 32. My Life Has Turned to Blue
• 33. Let's Majeste
• 34. On Diverse Deviations
• 35. Poem III (Mourning Grace)
• 36. Accident
• 37. Poem I (Sounds Like Pearls)
• 38. Tell Me

Credits

• Michael Johnson: Project Director
• James Baldwin: Liner Notes
• Ed Bland: Arranger, Composer
• Hugh Brown: Art Direction
• Bill Inglot: Remastering
• David McLees: Project Director
• Paul Robinson: Producer
• Robert O'Neil: Assistant Project Supervision
• Rachel Gutek: Art Direction, Design
• Elizabeth Pavone: Producer, Compilation Producer
• Vanessa Atkins: Editorial Supervision
• Dave Schultz: Remastering
• Emily Cagan: ?, Assistant Project Supervision
• Robin Marcus Vazquez: Liner Notes
• Allyson DeSimone: Assistant Project Supervision