Music and Black Community in Segregated North Carolina: It's all right..."" Freeland Gregory
Music and Black Community in Segregated North Carolina: It's all right..."" Freeland Gregory Emotional courage is an underestimated characteristic of successful Black life in the segregated, unjust…
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Music and Black Community in Segregated North Carolina: It's all right..."" Freeland Gregory
Emotional courage is an underestimated characteristic of successful Black life in the segregated, unjust US south. In this book, he recalls and reflects upon how music was integral to the solidary and resilience of his Black community in an unequal and unjust society. Author Greg Freeland reflects on how music reflected, impacted, and influenced Black life in 1950s and 1960s North Carolina.The celebratory aspect of the Black rhythm and blues, jazz, and gospel music of Freeland's life is one of his clearest memories of the time.
Through examples of music in the household, church, clubs, parties, and schools, this book explores how music worked in a manner that facilitated the development, mobilization, and realization of Black