african american musicians

Young readers will learn that rap began in the United States in the 1970s. The way a rapper talks with the beat is called flow.

A biography of the African American soul musician, Aretha Franklin.

Four animated stories based on best-selling books celebrating African-American history.

Imagine a world in which gospel, the blues, jazz, R&B, and rock 'n' roll didn't exist. These indigenous American musical forms are the product of, and a moving expression of the African American experience. Musical geniuses and innovators like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, B. B. King, and Jimi Hendrix turned individual and collective histories of suffering and injustice into soul-stirring, monumental art that shattered boundaries, shifted perceptions, and contributed to progress in civil rights. Their efforts were matched by other African Americans in the entertainment field, like Jackie Robinson, Josephine Baker, and Sidney Poitier. A celebration of music, movies, and a growing movement for equality, this collection will inspire, enlighten, and energize teen readers.

Examines the life and achievements of Stevie Wonder, discussing his blindness, childhood, extensive music career, and other related topics.

An examination into Michael Jackson's death tracks the roles of involved individuals, explains in detail why Jackson died and what measures were taken to save his life, and describes the ongoing legal disputes over Jackson's estate.

Explores the life and career of the renowned trumpeter and bandleader of the jazz era.

Tells how in 1871, Ella Sheppard became a founding member of a traveling choir known as the Jubilee Singers in order to raise money for the Fisk Free Colored School.

"In 1866, Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to readjust to their fashionable apartment in the City in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere--inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots--who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother"--Back cover.