African American musicians /
Presents biographical profiles of African Americans, both legendary and less well-known, who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past 200 years.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wiley,
[2000]
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| Series: | Black stars (New York, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of Contents |
Table of Contents:
- Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
- Edmund Dede
- Thomas "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune
- Millie-Christine McCoy
- Scott Joplin
- W.C. Handy
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett)
- Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle
- Francis Hall Johnson
- Bessie Smith
- Marian Anderson
- Paul Robeson
- Duke Ellington
- Thomas Andrew Dorsey
- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
- Mahalia Jackson
- Ella Fitzgerald
- B.B. King
- Chuck Berry
- Ray Charles
- James Brown
- Doug & Frankie Quimby
- Aretha Franklin
- Jessye Norman
- Stevie Wonder
- Michael Jackson
- Queen Latifah.