Hey America!: The Epic Story of Black Music and the White House

By: Stuart Cosgrove

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 368 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781788855198
Related ISBNs:: 9781846975844
Publisher:: Birlinn Limited
Date of Addition:: 11/20/24
Copyrighted By:: Stuart Cosgrove
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Music, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.