Blind Tom The Black Pianist Composer 1849 1908
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Blind Tom The Black Pianist Composer 1849 1908
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Author : Geneva H. Southall
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 1999
Blind Tom The Black Pianist Composer 1849 1908 written by Geneva H. Southall and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of Blind Tom is emblematic of American music and the color line in America. Continuing her scholarly work in this third volume of her series, Southall addresses questions about the talents of black performers and musicians, the relationship between black culture and economic prosperity, and the personal ability of a talented black musician to weather the dual stigmatization of racism and physical disability to produce music not just worthy of remembrance but also of importance to the tradition of American arts from which he was excluded.
Blind Tom Collection
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Author : Blind Tom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
Blind Tom Collection written by Blind Tom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with African American musicians categories.
Contains includes multiple newspaper articles, clippings, and published works about Blind Tom. Many items highlight his piano performances as he toured across the country. Some materials are oversized.
The Black History Of The White House
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Author : Clarence Lusane
language : en
Publisher: City Lights Books
Release Date : 2013-01-23
The Black History Of The White House written by Clarence Lusane and has been published by City Lights Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-23 with History categories.
The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americans, from the generations of enslaved people who helped to build it or were forced to work there to its first black First Family, the Obamas. Clarence Lusane juxtaposes significant events in White House history with the ongoing struggle for democratic, civil, and human rights by black Americans and demonstrates that only during crises have presidents used their authority to advance racial justice. He describes how in 1901 the building was officially named the “White House” amidst a furious backlash against President Roosevelt for inviting Booker T. Washington to dinner, and how that same year that saw the consolidation of white power with the departure of the last black Congressmember elected after the Civil War. Lusane explores how, from its construction in 1792 to its becoming the home of the first black president, the White House has been a prism through which to view the progress and struggles of black Americans seeking full citizenship and justice. “Clarence Lusane is one of America’s most thoughtful and critical thinkers on issues of race, class and power.”—Manning Marable "Barack Obama may be the first black president in the White House, but he's far from the first black person to work in it. In this fascinating history of all the enslaved people, workers and entertainers who spent time in the president's official residence over the years, Clarence Lusane restores the White House to its true colors."—Barbara Ehrenreich "Reading The Black History of the White House shows us how much we DON'T know about our history, politics, and culture. In a very accessible and polished style, Clarence Lusane takes us inside the key national events of the American past and present. He reveals new dimensions of the black presence in the US from revolutionary days to the Obama campaign. Yes, 'black hands built the White House'—enslaved black hands—but they also built this country's economy, political system, and culture, in ways Lusane shows us in great detail. A particularly important feature of this book its personal storytelling: we see black political history through the experiences and insights of little-known participants in great American events. The detailed lives of Washington's slaves seeking freedom, or the complexities of Duke Ellington's relationships with the Truman and Eisenhower White House, show us American racism, and also black America's fierce hunger for freedom, in brand new and very exciting ways. This book would be a great addition to many courses in history, sociology, or ethnic studies courses. Highly recommended!"—Howard Winant "The White House was built with slave labor and at least six US presidents owned slaves during their time in office. With these facts, Clarence Lusane, a political science professor at American University, opens The Black History of the White House(City Lights), a fascinating story of race relations that plays out both on the domestic front and the international stage. As Lusane writes, 'The Lincoln White House resolved the issue of slavery, but not that of racism.' Along with the political calculations surrounding who gets invited to the White House are matters of musical tastes and opinionated first ladies, ingredients that make for good storytelling."—Boston Globe Dr. Clarence Lusane has published in The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The Baltimore Sun, Oakland Tribune, Black Scholar, and Race and Class. He often appears on PBS, BET, C-SPAN, and other national media.
Bugle Resounding
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Author : Bruce C. Kelley
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2004-10-12
Bugle Resounding written by Bruce C. Kelley and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-12 with History categories.
In the mid-nineteenth century the United States was musically vibrant. Rising industrialization, a growing middle class, and increasing concern for the founding of American centers of art created a culture that was rich in musical capital. Beyond its importance to the people who created and played it is the fact that this music still influences our culture today. Although numerous academic resources examine the music and musicians of the Civil War era, the research is spread across a variety of disciplines and is found in a wide array of scholarly journals, books, and papers. It is difficult to assimilate this diverse body of research, and few sources are dedicated solely to a rigorous and comprehensive investigation of the music and the musicians of this era. This anthology, which grew out of the first two National Conferences on Music of the Civil War Era, is an initial attempt to address that need. Those conferences established the first academic setting solely devoted to exploring the effects of the Civil War on music and musicians. Bridging musicology and history, these essays represent the forefront of scholarship in music of the Civil War era. Each one makes a significant contribution to research in the music of this era and will ultimately encourage more interdisciplinary research on a subject that has relevance both for its own time and for ours. The result is a readable, understandable volume on one of the few understudied—yet fascinating—aspects of the Civil War era.
The Harvard Guide To African American History
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Author : Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2001
The Harvard Guide To African American History written by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.
Lying Up A Nation
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Author : Ronald M. Radano
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2003-11
Lying Up A Nation written by Ronald M. Radano and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11 with Music categories.
What is black music? For some it is a unique expression of the African-American experience, its soulful vocals and stirring rhythms forged in the fires of black resistance in response to centuries of oppression. But as Ronald Radano argues in this bracing work, the whole idea of black music has a much longer and more complicated history-one that speaks as much of musical and racial integration as it does of separation.
Song Of The Shank
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Author : Jeffery Renard Allen
language : en
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date : 2014-06-17
Song Of The Shank written by Jeffery Renard Allen and has been published by Graywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-17 with Fiction categories.
A contemporary American masterpiece about music, race, an unforgettable man, and an unreal America during the Civil War era At the heart of this remarkable novel is Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth-century slave and improbable musical genius who performed under the name Blind Tom. Song of the Shank opens in 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust 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. As the novel ranges from Tom's boyhood to the heights of his performing career, the inscrutable savant is buffeted by opportunistic teachers and crooked managers, crackpot healers and militant prophets. In his symphonic novel, Jeffery Renard Allen blends history and fantastical invention to bring to life a radical cipher, a man who profoundly changes all who encounter him.
Encyclopedia Of Disability
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Author : Gary L Albrecht
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2006
Encyclopedia Of Disability written by Gary L Albrecht and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Medical categories.
Presents current knowledge of and experience with disability across a wide variety of places, conditions, and cultures to both the general reader and the specialist.
The Oxford Handbook Of The African American Slave Narrative
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Author : John Ernest
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Release Date : 2014
The Oxford Handbook Of The African American Slave Narrative written by John Ernest and has been published by Oxford Handbooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Collections categories.
This volume approaches the history of slave testimony in three ways: by prioritising the broad tradition over individual authors; by representing inter-disciplinary approaches to slave narratives; and by highlighting emerging scholarship on slave narratives, concerning both established debates over concerns of authorship and agency, for example, and developing concerns like eco-critical readings of slave narratives.
Colonising Disability
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Author : Esme Cleall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-04
Colonising Disability written by Esme Cleall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-04 with History categories.
Colonising Disability explores the construction and treatment of disability across Britain and its empire from the nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Esme Cleall explores how disability increasingly became associated with 'difference' and argues that it did so through intersecting with other categories of otherness such as race. Philanthropic, legal, literary, religious, medical, educational, eugenistic and parliamentary texts are examined to unpick representations of disability that, overtime, became pervasive with significant ramifications for disabled people. Cleall also uses multiple examples to show how disabled people navigated a wide range of experiences from 'freak shows' in Britain, to missions in India, to immigration systems in Australia, including exploring how they mobilised to resist discrimination and constitute their own identities. By assessing the intersection between disability and race, Dr Cleall opens up questions about 'normalcy' and the making of the imperial self.