Lift Every Voice: The History of African American Music

by Burton W. Peretti

Book Overview

Since their enslavement in West Africa and transport to plantations of the New World, black people have made music that has been deeply entwined with their religious, community, and individual identities. Music was one of the most important constant elements of African American culture in the centuries-long journey from slavery to freedom. It also continued to play this role in blacks' post-emancipation odyssey from second-class citizenship to full...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742558118
• ISBN13: 9780742558113
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"