num_pages: 152
description: Cone explores two classic aspects of African-American culture--the spirituals and the blues. He tells the captivating story of how slaves and the children of slaves used this music to affirm their essential humanity in the face of oppression. The blues are shown to be a "this-worldly" expression of cultural and political rebellion. The spirituals tell about the "attempt to carve out a significant existence in a very trying situation."
language: English
title: The Spirituals and the Blues
titlecomplete: The Spirituals and the Blues
genres: Christianity, Social Justice, Music, History, Theology, Religion, Race, Faith, Christian, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 282
publisher: Orbis Books (USA)