Lift Every Voice: The History of African American Music (The African American History Series) by Burton W. Peretti
English | Dec 16, 2008 | ISBN: 0742558118 | 240 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
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 equality.