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Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Explores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams as representatives of African American religion in the twentieth century. Beginning in the 1920s, the Jazz Age propelled Black swing artists into national celebrity. Many took on the role of race representatives, and were able to leverage their popularity toward achieving social progress for other African Americans. In Lift Every Voice...
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