{"id":5663,"date":"2013-12-17T01:47:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T06:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:31:13","slug":"african-american-arts-lit-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2013\/12\/17\/african-american-arts-lit-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"African-American Arts & Lit 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith.<\/a><\/em> \u201cBut the book, like Keith\u2019s life, is about far more than legal accomplishments. It\u2019s about one man\u2019s ability to challenge an unjust system and make it better \u2014 not just for himself, but for all Americans.\u201d —Detroit Free Press,<\/em> Interview\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

2. [Nikki Giovanni’s] \u201cChasing Utopia: A Hybrid,” [is] a remarkable mix of poetry, essays and memoir.\u00a0<\/span>— Democracy Now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3. One of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century,\u00a0<\/span>Miles Davis<\/b>\u00a0was a man of many talents. Around 1980, he turned to sketching and painting to, as he explained, keep his \u201cmind occupied with something when [he was] not playing music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4. “Soul-blues fans will savor this love letter.”–<\/span>Kirkus Reviews\u00a0<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

5. Now in paperback, \u201can unflinching and uncompromising look at a life lived across the tracks from fame . . .\u201d (<\/span>Detroit Free Press<\/i>) \u00a0\u00a0<\/i>Bettye LaVette:\u00a0A Woman Like Me: A Memoir (paperback)<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6. The legendary Negro Leagues are regarded with reverence and awe, and play a vital role in black history. The publication of these cards marked the first time most of these players ever appeared on baseball cards. A great 30 minute DVD is included.\u00a0\u00a0Heroes of the Negro Leagues<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7. “<\/span>Duke Ellington’s America<\/i>\u00a0attempts to get under the skin of this apparently most imperturbable of men, and the results, if hardly conclusive, are fascinating. . . . Extremely intelligent and formidably documented book\u2014a welcome change from much that has been published about Ellington.”\u2014Claudia Roth Pierpont,\u00a0<\/span>New Yorker\u00a0 (now in paperback)<\/i><\/p>\n

8. \u201cTo read Harry Belafonte\u2019s new memoir,\u00a0My Song,<\/i>\u00a0is to discover a man who has packed enough life for ten people into eighty-four years.\u201d \u2014NPR\/Morning Edition<\/i><\/p>\n

9. Mike Hamlin was a central figure of the Black Power Movement that manifested in Detroit. He believed Black workers needed to be organized at the point of production for a successful revolution to occur. See more at:\u00a0Dangerous Ideas<\/a>. Signed copies available:\u00a0\u00a0A Black Revolutionary’s Life in Labor: Black Workers Power in Detroit<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
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10. “An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement.” –Henry Louis Gates, Jr.\u00a0\u00a0Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 \u201cGates avoids clich\u00e9, meticulously illuminating the influence and contributions of Blacks in America: from African conquistadors to the election of President Barack Obama. This ambitious title redefines the relevancy of the past to our lives.\u201d \u2013<\/span>Uptown Magazine<\/i><\/p>\n

12. \u201cWith the straight-ahead timing and the ethereal blowing of a great jazzman, Crouch delivers a scorching set in this first of two volumes of his biography of Charlie Yardbird Parker, capturing the downbeats and the up-tempo moments of the great saxophonist’s life and music.\u201d –Publisher\u2019s Weekly,\u00a0\u00a0Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker (Hardcover)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith. “But the book, like Keith’s life, is about far more than legal accomplishments. It’s about one man’s ability to challenge an unjust system and make it better — not just for himself, but for all Americans.” —Detroit Free Press, Interview  2. [Nikki Giovanni’s] “Chasing Utopia: A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,68,158,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-american-history","category-african-american-lit","category-jazz-and-blues","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}