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Duke Ellington: Music is My Mistress
written by Duke Ellington, 1899-1974 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973), 522 page(s)
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written by Duke Ellington, 1899-1974 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973), 522 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Biography
Author / Creator
Duke Ellington, 1899-1974
Date Published / Released
1973
Publisher
Doubleday & Company
Topic / Theme
African American Music, Jazz
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Onward
written by Francis Davis, 1946-; in Jazz and its Discontents: A Francis Davis Reader (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004), 307-311
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written by Francis Davis, 1946-; in Jazz and its Discontents: A Francis Davis Reader (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004), 307-311
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Francis Davis, 1946-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Person Discussed
Mort Sahl, 1927-
Topic / Theme
Comedians, Comedy, Political theory, Heads of state, Political events, Performance criticism, African American Music, Jazz, Voice
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March On, Dr. Martin Luther King
written by Guido van Rijn; in Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), 97-136
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written by Guido van Rijn; in Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), 97-136
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Guido van Rijn
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Person Discussed
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Chuck Berry, 1926-2017, Medgar Evers, 1925-1963
Topic / Theme
African American, Assault and battery, Political commentary, Segregation, Political demonstrations, Songs, Musicians, Arrests, Preaching, Riots, Civil rights, Assassinations, Expression in performance, Lyrics, African American Music, Blues, Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1961, Brown v. Board of Education, Supreme Court Decision, U.S., May 17, 1954, Albany Movement to desegregate Albany, GA, 1961-1962,...
African American, Assault and battery, Political commentary, Segregation, Political demonstrations, Songs, Musicians, Arrests, Preaching, Riots, Civil rights, Assassinations, Expression in performance, Lyrics, African American Music, Blues, Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1961, Brown v. Board of Education, Supreme Court Decision, U.S., May 17, 1954, Albany Movement to desegregate Albany, GA, 1961-1962, University of Mississippi Riot, September 30, 1962, Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, University of Alabama, June 11, 1963, Medgar Wiley Evers, Assassination, Jackson, MS, June 12, 1963, Civil Rights Act Passed, U.S., July 2, 1964, Bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL, September 15, 1963, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963
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Organizing Migrants
written by Paul Garon, 1942- and Gene Tomko, fl. 2006; in What's the Use of Walking if There's a Freight Train Going Your Way?: Black Hoboes and Their Songs (Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 2006), 207-230
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written by Paul Garon, 1942- and Gene Tomko, fl. 2006; in What's the Use of Walking if There's a Freight Train Going Your Way?: Black Hoboes and Their Songs (Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 2006), 207-230
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Paul Garon, 1942-, Gene Tomko, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company
Person Discussed
Henry McGuckin, Horace Cayton, 1859-1940, Ben Fletcher, 1890-1949, John Handcox, 1904-1992
Topic / Theme
African American, Caucasian American, Labor and unions, Songs, Migrant life, Labor strikes, Political demonstrations, Discrimination, Employment, Prison labor, Musicians, Railroad trips, Veterans (Armed services), Lyrics, Record labels, African American Music, Folk Music
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