african american music

"'Music Is History' combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years"--OCLC.

Explores the meaning behind thirteen American slave songs.

"An illustrated collection of African American spiritual songs"--OCLC.

Examines the role of African-American folk music in the aesthetics of the Harlem Renaissance and in the political debates surrounding racial performance, social memory, and national identity during the era.

Explores cultural freedom through the significance of African-American music and discusses the deep roots of mainstream America's cultural and musical progression.

Explores the history of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson.

"Motown music emerged in the United States in the 1960s. It launched the careers of many African American musicians. Motown music shaped culture and society during the American civil rights movement. The Making of Motown explores the history and legacy of Motown"--Provided by publisher.

Presents songs sung by black men and women as they toiled in our country's fields and factories, and on railroads, highways and prison gangs.

A history of American popular music, telling the story of how ragtime, jazz, and blues edged out more traditional genres in the years between 1843 and 1924, and identifying some of the performers who contributed to the hot music movement.

A collection of critical essays on jazz that examine the creative process, the impact the jazz culture had on African-American artists and musicians, and the careers of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, and other jazz musicians of the 1960s.