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Audio Clips

The following six audio clips, recorded between 1939 and 1970, provide a sampling of the variety of Talking Book narrators and recordings in AFB's archives.

Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, recorded 1970

Eva LeGallienne, The Happy Prince, recorded 1943

Alexander Scourby, Psalm 18, recorded 1947

Alexander Scourby, Psalm 23, recorded 1947

Alexander Scourby, The Blind of Europe, recorded 1947

Unknown Narrator, Talking Book Topic, 1939

75 Years of AFB and Talking Books

  • Audio Clips

Related Links:

The Unseen Minority: A Social History of Blindness
A Social History of Blindness in the United States


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