Allows children ages 10-14 to get an intriguing glimpse at famous and little-known African American musicians.
African American Musicians
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Format: Hardcover, 170pp.
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pub. Date: June 2000
This is a good overview that gives enough
information to inspire further study on individual musicians.
~Janet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WA Copyright 2000 Cahners
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Presents biographical profiles of African Americans, both legendary and less well-known, who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past 200 years.
Meet the black musicians who created Americas greatest music --from the early years to modern times includes; Marian Anderson, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Chuck Berry Thomas, "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, James Brown, Ray Charles, Edmund Dede, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, W. C. Handy, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Jackson, Francis Hall Johnson, Scott Joplin, B. B. King, Queen Latifah, Millie-Christine McCoy, Jessye Norman, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett), Doug and Frankie Quimby, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith, and Stevie Wonder.
