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African American Writings About the City of Brotherly LoveEdited by Louis J. Parascandola “A Black Philadelphia Reader breaks new ground as it brings to light a rich vein of African American literature that illuminates the souls of Black folk tempered by the spirit of Philadelphia.”
—Roland L. Williams Jr., author of Black Male Frames: African Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003
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The Life of Lydia Hamilton SmithMark Kelley “A welcome and important work, refuting earlier racist and sexist portrayals and restoring a fascinating historical figure.”—John Rowen Booklist | | | |
How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles into Being—and Sang Back to Them Ever AfterKatie Kapurch and Jon Marc Smith, with foreword by Cyrus Cassells “Going far beyond an analysis of the song itself, Kapurch and Smith place ‘Blackbird’ in a historical context that demonstrates how much of the Beatles’ music and imagery—particularly of the avian variety—comes directly from Black music.”—starred review, Library Journal | | | |
Blues, Race, IdentityJulia Simon “A scrupulously researched, exceedingly well-written, and deeply insightful work of original scholarship. Surprisingly, there is very little written about Johnson; Simon’s book thus fills a giant hole in the literature on American jazz, blues, and popular music from the first part of the twentieth century.”—Andrew Berish,author of Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and ’40s | | | |
Photography, Race, HumorTanya Sheehan “Readers of American art and visual culture interested in critical race studies, transnational exchange, and the movement of ideas between media, particularly performance and visual art, will benefit from Sheehan’s historically grounded and convincing accounts that offer new perspectives on US racial discourse within and through photography.”—caa.reviews | | | |
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