Freedom sounds : civil rights call out to jazz and Africa - Monson, Ingrid T. (Ingrid Tolia) (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007)
Jim Crow, economics, and the politics of musicianship -- Modernism, race, and aesthetics -- Africa, the cold war and the diaspora at home - - Activism and fundraising from freedom now to the freedom rides -- Act ivism and fundraising from Birmingham to black power -- The debate with in: white backlash, the new thing, and economics -- Aesthetic agency an d self-determination and the spiritual quest -- Coda.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-380) and index.
Keywords: Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism; Jazz -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism; Jazz -- Social aspects -- United States; African-Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century