Maureen Mahon: 1 book
Right to Rock
The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2004
The original architects of rock ’n’ roll were black musicians including Little Richard, Etta James, and Chuck Berry. Jimi Hendrix electrified rock with his explosive guitar in the late 1960s. Yet by the 1980s, rock music produced by African Americans no longer seemed to be “authentically black.”...
