Hey America! : the epic story of Black music and the White House / Stuart Cosgrove.

This is the untold story of black music -- its triumph over racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political anxiety -- told through the perspective of the most powerful office in the world: from Louis Armstrong's spat with President Eisenhower and Eartha Kitt'...

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Main Author: Cosgrove, Stuart (Author)
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Polygon, 2022.
Subjects:
African Americans > Music > Political aspects.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Campaign songs > United States.
Presidents > United States > Election.
Music > Political aspects > United States.
Black lives matter movement.
African Americans > Music.
Campaign songs.
Music > Political aspects.
Presidents > Election.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Music
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:346 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
This is the untold story of black music -- its triumph over racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political anxiety -- told through the perspective of the most powerful office in the world: from Louis Armstrong's spat with President Eisenhower and Eartha Kitt's stormy encounter with Lady Bird Johnson to James Brown's flirtation with Nixon, Reaganomics and the 'Cop Killer' scandal. Moving, insightful and wide-ranging, Hey America! charts the evolution of sixties soul from the margins of American society to the mainstream, culminating in the rise of urban hip-hop and the dramatic stand-off between Donald Trump and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Call Number:ML3556 .C674 2022
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335), discography (pages 327-329), and index.
ISBN:9781846975844
1846975840