
A must for all who would more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America's most popular music. -- Langston Hughes The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through...



"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic...


"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel, development, jazz... If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic...




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"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel, development, jazz... If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic...


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