References
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Father Of The Blues: An Autobiography
- Art, History
- 1969
W. C. Handy's blues--"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"--changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life…
Notes on Negro Music
- History
- 1903
URING May and June of 1901 and 1902 I was engaged in excavating for the Peabody Museum of Harvard University a mound in Coahoma County, northern Mississippi. At these times we had some opportunity of…
Circling Dixie: Contemporary Southern Culture through a Transatlantic Lens
- Art
- 2000
"We all knew the British were fascinated with the tragic, gothic American South. This remarkable book not only documents the degree of that fascination, but also demonstrates the deep…
Chicago blues : the city & the music
- History
- 1981
* Foreword: Whats He Singing? * The Prewar Blues * From Farm to Factory * Sweet Home Chicago * The Aristocrat of Records * King of the Chicago Blues * The Small Labels * The Chess Set * The Peppiest…
Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta after World War II
- History
- 2012
Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle for black freedom through the history of Clarksdale,…
The Most Southern Place On Earth The Mississippi Delta And The Roots Of Regional Identity
- Art
- 2016
Thank you very much for downloading the most southern place on earth the mississippi delta and the roots of regional identity. As you may know, people have search numerous times for their favorite…
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity
- History
- 1992
Introduction: "Pure Soil, Endlessly Deep, Dark, and Sweet" 1. Plantation Frontier 2. "The Stern Realities of War 3. A "Harnessed Revolution" 4. Conquering the Plantation Frontier 5. New South…
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
- History
- 1991
An examination of the great black migration and how it changed America. The author points out that the 20th-century migration of five million people from the rural South to the urban North changed…