Can't Stand Still: Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance

by Michael K. Johnson

Book Overview

Born in 1893 into the only African American family in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Emmanuel Taylor Gordon (1893-1971) became an internationally famous singer in the 1920s at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. With his musical partner, J. Rosamond Johnson, Gordon was a crucially important figure in popularizing African American spirituals as an art form, giving many listeners their first experience of black spirituals.

Despite his fame,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496821955
• ISBN13: 9781496821959
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"