Roosevelt's Blues: AfricanAmerican Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR
Author: Guido van Rijn
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781604731651
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Roosevelt's Blues
Author: Guido van Rijn
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780878059386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Roosevelt's Blues Guido van Rijn documents more than a hundred blues and gospel lyrics that contain direct political comment about FDR. Altogether, they convey the thought, spirit, and history of the African-American population during the Roosevelt era. Included in the book are recorded sermons by Rev. J.M. Gates and lyrics to songs recorded by such notable musicians as Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Big Bill Broonzy, "Champion" Jack Dupree, Sonny Boy Williamson, Josh White, the Mississippi Sheiks, and many others. Using these sources, which have been neglected by historians, van Rijn documents Roosevelt's vast popularity among blacks.
Encyclopedia of the Blues: A-J, index
Author: Edward M. Komara
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9780415927000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Fight for the Four Freedoms
Author: Harvey J. Kaye
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1451691432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn inspiring call to redeem the progressive legacy of the greatest generation, now under threat as never before. On January 6, 1941, the Greatest Generation gave voice to its founding principles, the Four Freedoms: Freedom from want and from fear. Freedom of speech and religion. In the name of the Four Freedoms they fought the Great Depression. In the name of the Four Freedoms they defeated the Axis powers. In the process they made the United States the richest and most powerful country on Earth. And, despite a powerful, reactionary opposition, the men and women of the Greatest Generation made America freer, more equal, and more democratic than ever before. Now, when all they fought for is under siege, we need to remember their full achievement, and, so armed, take up again the fight for the Four Freedoms.
Encyclopedia of African American Music [3 volumes]
Author: Tammy L. Kernodle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2010-12-17
Total Pages: 1267
ISBN-13: 0313342008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican 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 popular styles. Over 500 in-depth entries by more than 100 scholars on a vast range of topics such as genres, styles, individuals, groups, and collectives as well as historical topics such as music of the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and numerous others. Offering balanced representation of key individuals, groups, and ensembles associated with diverse religious beliefs, political affiliations, and other perspectives not usually approached, this indispensable reference illuminates the profound role that African American music has played in American cultural history. Editors Price, Kernodle, and Maxile provide balanced representation of various individuals, groups and ensembles associated with diverse religious beliefs, political affiliations, and perspectives. Also highlighted are the major record labels, institutions of higher learning, and various cultural venues that have had a tremendous impact on the development and preservation of African American music. Among the featured: Motown Records, Black Swan Records, Fisk University, Gospel Music Workshop of America, The Cotton Club, Center for Black Music Research, and more. With a broad scope, substantial entries, current coverage, and special attention to historical, political, and social contexts, this encyclopedia is designed specifically for high school and undergraduate students. Academic and public libraries will treasure this resource as an incomparable guide to our nation's African American heritage.
The Blues Encyclopedia
Author: Edward Komara
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-07
Total Pages: 1279
ISBN-13: 1135958327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. A to Z in format, this work covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues.
Friends and Partners
Author: David W. Rose
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2016-03-10
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0128036141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFriends and Partners: The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor in the History of Polio presents the story of two men, one the President of the United States, the other an ambitious attorney, who became the "architects of the fight against polio." With unfettered access to the March of Dimes Archives, this book explores the friendship and partnership that ensured the end of polio in the US, with exclusive pictures and documentation. The book describes the founding and history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's (FDR) polio colony in Warm Springs, Georgia, and the early years of the March of Dimes as established by FDR in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Other little-known aspects of the partnership are also included, such as O'Connor's participation in FDR's "Brain Trust," the President's birthday ball fundraisers during the Great Depression, the March of Dimes during World War II, and O'Connor's simultaneous leadership of the American Red Cross. Finally, the book explores, in detail, how O'Connor used the legacy of FDR after his death in 1945 to promote the philosophy of "freedom from disease" to achieve the goal of ending polio through the March of Dimes. Friends and Partners: The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor in the History of Polio will appeal to researchers, students, and policy makers in public health and medicine as well as all those interested in learning more about this pivotal period in history. - Presents the story of two men, one the President of the United States, the other an ambitious attorney, who became the architects of the fight against polio - Draws upon the March of Dimes archive to provide information exclusive to this publication - Constitutes the first biography of public health hero Basil O'Connor - Provides historical insights into the development of philanthropy in conjunction with major public health initiatives
African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950
Author: R. Douglas Hurt
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 0826219608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the first half of the twentieth century, degradation, poverty, and hopelessness were commonplace for African Americans who lived in the South's countryside, either on farms or in rural communities. Many southern blacks sought relief from these conditions by migrating to urban centers. Many others, however, continued to live in rural areas. Scholars of African American rural history in the South have been concerned primarily with the experience of blacks as sharecroppers, tenant farmers, textile workers, and miners. Less attention has been given to other aspects of the rural African American experience during the early twentieth century. African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950 provides important new information about African American culture, social life, and religion, as well as economics, federal policy, migration, and civil rights. The essays particularly emphasize the efforts of African Americans to negotiate the white world in the southern countryside. Filling a void in southern studies, this outstanding collection provides a substantive overview of the subject. Scholars, students, and teachers of African American, southern, agricultural, and rural history will find this work invaluable.
The Fireside Conversations
Author: Lawrence W. Levine
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2010-09-07
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0520265548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelected letters originally published in The people and the president, c2002 by Beacon Press.
No Depression in Heaven
Author: Alison Collis Greene
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0199371873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of the inability of the churches to deal with the crisis of the Great Depression and the shift from church-based aid to a federal welfare state.
