Billie Holiday
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Today, Billie Holiday is an icon - an artist whose voice has weathered countless shifts in public...
Lady Sings The Blues
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Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth...
Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People
Barney Josephson, Terry Trilling-Josephson and Dan Morgenstern
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Set against the drama of the Great Depression, the conflict of American race relations, and the...
B Jenkins
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The fourth collection of poetry from the literary and cultural critic Fred Moten, B Jenkins is named...
Grandville Noel
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With his trusty adjunct, Detective Sergeant Ratzi, away for Christmas, there's no holiday for...
The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago
Abdul Alkalimat, Rebecca Zorach and Romi Crawford
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The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago is the first in-depth,...
Abstractionist Aesthetics: Artistic Form and Social Critique in African-American Culture
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An artistic discussion on the critical potential of African American expressive culture In a major...
Experiencing Bessie Smith: A Listener's Companion
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Bessie Smith occupies a unique place in the history of American music. She was one of the first...
Rhythm is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound
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In Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, Alfred Green tells...