Songs featured in original soundtrack, composed and compiled by singer, scholar and Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, to one of public television's premiere events: Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. The music is an integral presence in the viewing experience. With traditional material from Europe, Africa and the Americas alongside rich, original compositions by Reagon, the soundtrack is a powerful and emotional journey through time and place, featuring performances by Reagon, her daughter, musician Toshi Reagon, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Jerry O'Sullivan, James Weaver, among others.