Monson, Ingrid T.

Freedom sounds : civil rights call out to jazz and Africa / In grid Monson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xi, 402 p. 24 cm. ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-380) and index.

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.

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Jazz--History and criticism.-- 1951-1960
Jazz--History and criticism.-- 1961-1970
Jazz--Social aspects--United States.
African-Americans--Civil rights--History-- 20th century.

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