Nothing But Love in God's Water: Volume 1: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement

by Robert Darden

The first of two volumes chronicling the history and role of music in the African American experience, Nothing but Love in God's Water explores how songs and singers helped African Americans challenge and overcome slavery, subjugation, and suppression. From the spirituals of southern fields and the ringing chords of black gospel to the protest songs that changed the landscape of labor and the cadences sung before dogs and water cannons in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271050845
• ISBN13: 9780271050843
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.3"