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Nightmare Overhanging Darkly: Essays on Black Culture and Resistance
Writings of the Black heroes and musicians and the intellectual and physical environment that shaped their lives and those of the Black community.
264 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1992
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May 23, 2014
This is a fantastic collection of essays about black culture in the 20th century and how its novelists, poets, musicians, singers,and actors engaged in resistance against racism and the broader fight for freedom in the United States.
Music fans and Jazz fans, in particular, should read this book too as there is great stuff on Bird, Billie Holiday, Dizzy, Miles, Coltrane, a terrific interview with Archie Shepp and the must read essay "The Politics of Max Roach".
Fascinating throughout and deeply stimulating. An amazing book.
Music fans and Jazz fans, in particular, should read this book too as there is great stuff on Bird, Billie Holiday, Dizzy, Miles, Coltrane, a terrific interview with Archie Shepp and the must read essay "The Politics of Max Roach".
Fascinating throughout and deeply stimulating. An amazing book.
August 6, 2007
Classic, visionary and terribly useful.
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