Anthem
Subtitle: social movements and the sound of solidarity in the African diaspora
By: Shana L. Redmond
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780814789322; 9780814770412
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Blacks; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Music; Anthems; African diaspora; Political aspects; African Americans; History
Description: "By tracing key compositions and performances around the world --from James Weldon Johnson's 'Lift ev'ry voice and sing' that mobilized the NAACP to Nina Simone's 'To be young, gifted & Black' which became the anthem of the Congress of Racial Equality-- Anthem develops a robust recording of Black social movements in the twentieth century that will forever alter the way you hear race and nation"--from publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Anthem : toward a sound franchise; title: From race to nation : "Ethiopia" and pan-African pageantry in the UNIA; title: Extending diaspora : the NAACP and up-"lift" cultures in the interwar Black Pacific; title: Songs of free men : the sound migrations of "Ol' man river"; title: Women's work : "We shall overcome" and the culture of the picket line; title: Soul intact : CORE, conversions, and covers of "To be young, gifted and Black"; title: Sounds of exile : "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika" and ANC ambassadors; title: Conclusion. The last anthem : resonance, legacy, and loss at the close of the century.