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.
| ISBN: | 9781846975844 |
| Publication date: | 4th August 2022 |
| Author: | Stuart Cosgrove |
| Publisher: | Polygon an imprint of Birlinn Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
History of music Social and cultural history Violence, intolerance and persecution in history Politics and government Music History and Archaeology |
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.
Hey America! features in the following genres: History of music, Social and cultural history, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, Politics and government, Music, History and Archaeology
Hey America! is available in Ebook, Hardback
Hey America! was written by Stuart Cosgrove and published by Polygon an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Hey America! has 368 pages
£22.50