At the time that we initially conceived of this book, our careers at Indiana University had already
spanned well over twenty years as faculty in the Department of African American Studies…

One of the most innovative and generative forms of music that evolved from the 1960s Black
Power Movement served to elevate the consciousness of an African heritage among black …

Music has always been integral to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, with
songs such as Kendrick Lamar's" Alright," J. Cole's" Be Free," D'Angelo and the Vanguard's…

Soul music is a derivative of 1950s rhythm and blues1 that evolved as a distinct genre in the
mid-1960s and peaked in popularity in the mid1970s. The soul sound results from the use of …

A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING of any musical genre is possible only if the scope
of study includes significant and docu-mented facts about its origin, social evolution, musical …

Introduction Since the 17th century, Black Americans have par-ticipated in two culturally
distinct religious traditions. The first tradition represents that associated with white Protestant …

In the late-1970s, and as a scholar of post-World War II African American 2 popular music, I
quickly became aware of the limited number of treatises and commentaries published on this …

When African slaves began arriving in colonial America during the seventeenth century, they
brought multiple cultural traditions that were foreign to European traders, slave captors, and …

is directly related to the social values and life styles of the educated and the uneducated
black. These life styles were influenced by the social, economic and political patterns of the …

Traces the evolution of African American music. Sacred and secular traditions; Folk
spirituals; Ragtime; Folk gospel; Vaudeville blues; Swing bands; Bebop; Gospel choirs; …