Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the music that shaped the Civil Rights era
"This is the untold story of living legend Mavis Staples-lead singer of the Staple Singers and a major figure in the music that shaped the civil rights era. ... Mavis and her talented family fused gospel, soul, folk, and rock to transcend racism and oppression through song. Honing her prodigious talent on the Southern gospel circuit of the 1950s, Mavis and the Staple Singers went on to sell more than 30 million records, with message-oriented soul music that became a soundtrack to the civil rights movement-inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr. himself"--Back cover.
