The Music of Black Americans: A History

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• The Music of Black Americans: A History
  • Part 1: Song in a Strange Land, 1619-1775
    • The African Heritage
    • New England and the Middle Colonies
  • Part 2: Let My People Go: 1776-1866
    • Two Wars and the New Nation
    • The Ante-Bellum Period: Urban Life
    • The Ante-Bellum Period: General Character of the Folk Music
    • The War Years and Emancipation
  • Part 3: Blow Ye the Trumpet, 1867-1919
    • After the War
    • The Turn of the Century
    • Precursors of Jazz: Ragtime and Blues
  • Part 4: Lift Every Voice, 1920--
    • Composers: From Nationalists to Experimentalists
    • The Mid-Century Years