Lift every voice
Subtitle: the history of African-American music
By: Burton W. Peretti.
Series: The African American history series
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780742558113
Subjects: African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and discography.
Table of contents: title: From West Africa to slavery; title: Jubilee and Tin Pan Alley : contrasting sounds of freedom; title: The rise of ragtime and the blues; title: The emergence of jazz; title: Jazz at the Philharmonic : the jazz avant-garde and black classical expression; title: Gospel, freedom songs, and the struggle for equality; title: Black popular music as big business.