African Art History
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- By: John Szwed
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz.
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-11-2021
- Language: English
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn....
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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
- Race and Ethnicity in the American West Series #1
- By: Art T. Burton
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Art T. Burton sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late 19th-century America - and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Fluent in Creek and other Southern native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Bass Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws, and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
- Race and Ethnicity in the American West Series #1
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 23-09-2015
- Language: English
- Deputy US Marshal Bass Reeves appears as one of "eight notable Oklahomans", the "most feared US marshal in the Indian country"....
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- An African Childhood
- By: Alexandra Fuller
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe. The daughter of hardworking, yet strikingly unconventional English-bred immigrants, Alexandra arrives in Africa at the tender age of two. She moves through life with a hardy resilience, even as a bloody war approaches. Narrator Lisette Lecat reads this remarkable memoir of a family clinging to a harsh landscape and the dying tenets of colonialism.
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Beautiful
- By Anonymous User on 25-10-2024
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- An African Childhood
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 25-12-2003
- Language: English
- Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe....
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Interesting Facts About the Ancient African Art
- Art History for Kids | Children's Art Books
- By: Baby Professor
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 10 mins
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Ancient African art is history, culture and tradition fused into one. Studying art will provide a glimpse into the culture and belief systems of a civilization. It also tells a lot about tradition. Yes, there’s more to art than meets the eye. Use this history book to learn more about art. Go ahead and grab a copy of this book today!
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Interesting Facts About the Ancient African Art
- Art History for Kids | Children's Art Books
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2021
- Language: English
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Ancient African art is history, culture and tradition fused into one. Studying art will provide a glimpse into the culture and belief systems of a civilization. It also tells a lot about tradition. Yes, there’s more to art than meets the eye....
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A Little Devil in America
- In Praise of Black Performance
- By: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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At the March on Washington, Josephine Baker reflected on her life and her legacy. She had spent decades as one of the most successful entertainers in the world, but, she told the crowd, 'I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too'. Inspired by these words, Hanif Abdurraqib has written a stirring meditation on Black performance in the modern age, in which culture, history and his own lived experience collide.
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Phenomenal Book
- By Anonymous User on 24-02-2022
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A Little Devil in America
- In Praise of Black Performance
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 30-03-2021
- Language: English
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An electrifying celebration of Black performances, cultures and communities in the United States....
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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- By: Stephon Alexander
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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More than 50 years ago, John Coltrane drew the 12 musical notes in a circle and connected them with straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane had put physics and geometry at the core of his music. Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander returns the favor, using jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe.
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Interesting but flawed blend
- By Michal on 05-10-2018
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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 19-05-2016
- Language: English
- Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....
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Sidney Poitier
- The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward
- By: Sidney Poitier, Joanna Poitier, John Malahy, and others
- Narrated by: Rodney Gardiner, Sydney Tamiia Poitier Heartsong, Joanna Poitier, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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This book is a one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the wise, witty, and deeply personal speeches Sidney Poitier gave at awards ceremonies, family events, memorials, and more. His salutes to artists such as Dorothy Dandridge, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer, and Denzel Washington offer fresh insight on icons of our time. Poitier's unforgettable cadence and voice are clear as day. Compiled by his wife, Joanna Poitier, this collection captures all that was remarkable about the man through his own words.
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Sidney Poitier
- The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward
- Narrated by: Rodney Gardiner, Sydney Tamiia Poitier Heartsong, Joanna Poitier, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-10-2024
- Language: English
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This book is a one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the wise and deeply personal speeches Sidney Poitier gave at awards ceremonies, family events, memorials, and more. His salutes to artists such as Dorothy Dandridge, Spencer Tracy, and Denzel Washington offer fresh insight on icons of our time.
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The Fire Is upon Us
- James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America
- By: Nicholas Buccola
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
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On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America's most influential conservative intellectual. The topic was "the American dream is at the expense of the American Negro", and no one who has seen the debate can soon forget it. Nicholas Buccola's The Fire Is upon Us is the first book to tell the full story of the event.
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The Fire Is upon Us
- James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-10-2019
- Language: English
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A remarkable story of race and the American dream, The Fire Is upon Us reveals the deep roots and lasting legacy of a conflict that continues to haunt our politics....
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The Story of Motown
- By: Peter Benjaminson, Greil Macus - foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States. It also became one of the most productive and influential producers of popular music anywhere in the world. The Story of Motown is the story of Berry Gordy's triumph over powerful, established financial interests, entrenched popular taste, bigotry, and racism.
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The Story of Motown
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 16-10-2018
- Language: English
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In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States....
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From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
- By: Julius Lester
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 23 mins
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Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. From the Middle Passage to the auction block, from the whipping post to the fight for freedom, this audiobook presents not just historical facts, but the raw emotions of the people who lived them. Inspired by Rod Brown's vivid paintings, Julius Lester has written a story that places each of us squarely inside the skin of both slave and slave owner. It will capture the heart of every listener, black or white, young or old.
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From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 20-11-2018
- Language: English
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Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. Julius Lester has written a story that places each of us squarely inside the skin of both slave and slave owner. It will capture the heart of every listener....
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Swingin' at the Savoy
- By: Norma Miller, Evette Jensen
- Narrated by: Bettye Zoller Seitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress, and author, Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom and the phenomenal music and dance craze that "spread the power of Swing across the world like Wildfire". It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king.
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Swingin' at the Savoy
- Narrated by: Bettye Zoller Seitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-07-2014
- Language: English
- Dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress, and author, Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir....
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The Black Box
- Writing the Race
- By: Henry Louis Gates Jr
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr's legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way. From Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, to Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, these writers used words to create a liveable world – a “home” – for Black people destined to live in a bitterly racist society.
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The Black Box
- Writing the Race
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 19-03-2024
- Language: English
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Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr's legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way....
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
- A Memoir
- By: Daniel R. Day
- Narrated by: Omari Hardwick, Daniel R. Day
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time.
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Amazing Story
- By daniel on 28-02-2022
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Omari Hardwick, Daniel R. Day
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-07-2019
- Language: English
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With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes....
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Well of Souls
- Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
- By: Kristina R. Gaddy, Rhiannon Giddens - foreword
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when enslaved people of African descent created it from gourds or calabashes and wood.-
Well of Souls
- Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-10-2022
- Language: English
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An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music....
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Who is Stevie Wonder?
- By: Jim Gigliotti
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 56 mins
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Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only 11, he had his first number one hit when he was 13. Since then he has had 30 US top 10 hits, won a range of awards for his music and his civil rights work, and created such iconic songs as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You". Stevie Wonder is a beloved entertainer who continues to tour and perform around the world.
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Who is Stevie Wonder?
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 56 mins
- Release date: 06-06-2017
- Language: English
- Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time....
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Arte africano y oceánico [African and Oceanic Art]
- By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
- Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán, Tomás Campos
- Length: 46 mins
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Se trata sin duda del arte más primitivo de nuestro tiempo y presenta serias semejanzas con los estilos más antiguos de nuestra historia, que todavía no puede explicar convincentemente la escasa evolución técnica y social de algunas partes de África y Oceanía. Esta escasa evolución económica dio lugar a una existencia primitiva que no puede compararse en modo alguno con la evolución normal de Occidente, como demuestran sus obras artísticas que resultan absolutamente genuinas y sorprendentes como podemos contemplar en esta serie.
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Arte africano y oceánico [African and Oceanic Art]
- Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán, Tomás Campos
- Length: 46 mins
- Release date: 08-10-2024
- Language: Spanish
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Se trata sin duda del arte más primitivo de nuestro tiempo y presenta serias semejanzas con los estilos más antiguos de nuestra historia, que todavía no puede explicar convincentemente la escasa evolución técnica y social de algunas partes de África y Oceanía.
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Crusade for Justice
- The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
- By: Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster - editor
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
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Ida B. Wells is an American icon of truth telling. Born to slaves, she was a pioneer of investigative journalism, a crusader against lynching, and a tireless advocate for suffrage, both for women and for African Americans. She cofounded the NAACP, started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, and was a leader in the early civil rights movement. This engaging memoir relates Wells’ private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice.
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Crusade for Justice
- The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 18-05-2021
- Language: English
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This engaging memoir, originally published 1970, relates Ida B. Wells’ private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice....
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Super Black
- American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
- By: Adilifu Nama
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Super Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture, which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop products, but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon through which futuristic expressions and fantastic visions of black racial identity and symbolic political meaning are presented.
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Super Black
- American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 12-11-2019
- Language: English
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Super Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture, which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop products, but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon....
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- By: Penny M. Von Eschen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-07-2018
- Language: English
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth....
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Before Elvis
- The African American Musicians Who Made the King
- By: Preston Lauterbach
- Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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After Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Elvis, hit theaters in the summer of 2022, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley’s music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King, author Preston Lauterbach answers these questions definitively, based on new research and extensive, previously unpublished interviews with the artists who blazed the way and the people who knew them.
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Before Elvis
- The African American Musicians Who Made the King
- Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-01-2025
- Language: English
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A thought-provoking exploration of the Black musicians who inspired Elvis Presley’s music, primarily through the lens of four overlooked artists: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, and Calvin Newborn.
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