Nothing but love in God's water

Nothing but love in God's water /

"The first of two volumes chronicling the history and role of music in the African-American experience. Explains the historical significance of song and illustrates how music influenced the Civil Rights Movement"--Provided by publisher, Volume I.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Darden, Bob, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014-2016]
Subjects:
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) > History and criticism.
Gospel music > History and criticism.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Music.
Gospel music.
Spirituals (Songs)
Afroamerikanische Musik
Geistliche Musik
Gospelsong
Protestsong
Schwarze
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume I. Black sacred music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement: The origins and settings of spirituals
  • The spirituals as protest songs
  • Interlude: the post-civil war era through the great migration
  • Union songs, protest songs, and the spirituals
  • The beginnings of the modern civil rights movement, the influence of radio, and the rise of gospel music
  • Montgomery: Black sacred song in the modern civil rights movement.
  • Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from the Sit-Ins to Resurrection City: The sit-ins
  • The freedom rides
  • Albany, Georgia
  • Interlude: Macomb, Georgia
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • The march on Washington for jobs and freedom
  • Interlude: Death in America
  • Mississippi freedom summer
  • Selma, Alabama
  • Interlude: St. Augustine, Florida; The Meredith march; popular music
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Memphis, Tennessee
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword: What comes now.

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