Re: This Music & Race

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Tue Apr 03 2001 - 01:22:08 CEST

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    At 9:53 PM +0000 4/2/01, Brian Carideo wrote:
    >Has anyone else out there read the book "Blues People"? It is a
    >social history of African-Americans told through music. The
    >author's name I can not remember although I know when he wrote the
    >book he was using his given 'American' name and has since changed it
    >to a Black Muslim name. The surname he now uses is Baraka. He is a
    >very well-known African-American scholar; it's just been a while
    >since I've been reading social history.
    >
    >-BC

    LeRoi Jones/Amira Baraka; haven't read _BP_ but I'm quite fond of his
    jazz/energy music writings--

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