Listen, whitey!
Subtitle: the sights and sounds of Black power, 1965-1975
By: Pat Thomas
Publisher: Fantagraphics; Distributed in the U.S. by W. W. Norton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Seattle, Wash; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781606995075
Subjects: History; Popular music; Music; African American influences; Motown Record Corporation; History and criticism; African Americans; Black power
Other titles: Sights and sounds of Black power, 1965-1975
Description: A provocative cultural retrospective features transcripts of rare recordings of speeches, interviews, and music by a wide range of activists, and explores musical connections between famous performance artists and the Black Power movement.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Musicians as revolutionaries, revolutionaries as pop culture icons; title: Iconic images : The Black power salute, berets and a wicker chair; title: The movement, Motown and popular music; title: Honkies for Huey; title: Soul on wax : The Black Panthers on record; title: Look out, whitey! Black power's gon' get your mama!; title: Black power preachin'; title: Negroes with guns and radios; title: Wattstax : a festival of brotherhood; title: Jazz, artist collectives and Black consciousness; title: Grits 'n' groceries : miscellaneous recordings; title: Conclusion. A dream deferred.