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Encyclopedia of African American Music
African Americans' historical roots are encapsulated in the lyrics, melodies, and rhythms of their music. In the 18th and 19th centuries, African slaves, longing for emancipation, expressed their hopes and dreams through spirituals. Inspired by African civilization and culture, as well as religion, art, literature, and social issues, this influential, joyous, tragic, uplifting, challenging, and enduring music evolved into many diverse genres, including jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, swing, and hip hop. Providing a lyrical history of our nation, this groundbreaking encyclopedia, the first of its kind, showcases all facets of African American music including folk, religious, concert and pop...
The American Psychologist
Includes proceedings of the 54th-55th annual meetings of the association, 1946-47 and proceedings of meetings of various regional psychological associations.
What's Going on with Mommy?
What's Going on with Mommy? is a book that follows a young girl as she seeks to find out what's behind a call her mother receives from the doctor. The book shares the shocking changes the young girl watches her mother go through--from frequent doctor visits to losing her hair. The girl watches her mom overcome one of the biggest challenges of her life. This book is a great way to help children understand some of the changes associated with a breast cancer diagnosis.
Storyville
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Scott Joplin
First Published in 1998. This book is the first resource guide to published materials on Scott Joplin and encompasses a wide variety of items having to do with the man, his Iife, his music, and his influence on ragtime throughout the twentieth century. This guide includes articles and listings on festivals, concerts, clubs or societies, individual performers, performing groups, radio, television, and film as well as bibliography on Joplin and ragtime in general.
Ebony
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Saturday Review
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The Saturday Review
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King of Ragtime
In 1974, the academy award-winning film The Sting brought back the music of Scott Joplin, a black ragtime composer who died in 1917. Led by The Entertainer, one of the most popular pieces of the mid-1970s, a revival of his music resulted in events unprecedented in American musical history. Never before had any composer's music been so acclaimed by both the popular and classical music worlds. While reaching a "Top Ten" position in the pop charts, Joplin's music was also being performed in classical recitals and setting new heights for sales of classical records. His opera Treemonisha was performed both in opera houses and on Broadway. Destined to be the definitive work on the man and his musi...
Lessons Learned
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