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African American Music Appreciation Day

Created in 1979 by former President Jimmy Carter, we now celebrate African American Music Appreciation Day every June. Please enjoy these related titles.

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  • Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

    the Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

    Tick, Judith,
    Book, 2024New York, NY : W.W. Norton and Company, [2024] — 782.4216 TICK
  • Black Popular Music in America

    From the Spirituals, Minstrels, and Ragtime to Soul, Disco, and Hip-hop

    Shaw, Arnold
    Book, 1986New York : Schirmer Books, 1986. — 781.754 S
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    An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

    Pearce, Sheldon,
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — BIO SHAKUR
  • The Concise Guide to Hip-hop Music

    a Fresh Look at the Art of Hip-hop, From Old-school Beats to Freestyle Rap

    Edwards, Paul, 1982-
    Book, 2015New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2015. — 782.4216 EDWAR
  • The Devil's Music

    a History of the Blues

    Oakley, Giles
    Book, 1997New York : Da Capo Press, 1997. — 781.643 OAKLE 1997
  • The Dozens

    a History of Rap's Mama

    Wald, Elijah
    Book, 2012New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
  • Book, 1992New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. — 781.65 C885f
  • From Spirituals to Swing

    the Legendary 1938 & 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts

    Music CD, 1999Santa Monica, CA : Vanguard, p1999. — CD JAZZ FROM
  • Groove Music

    the Art and Culture of the Hip-hop DJ

    Katz, Mark, 1970-
    Book, 2012New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. — 781.4216 KATZ
  • Hip Hop

    the Songs That Shook America

    DVD, 2020[United States] : AMC Networks, [2020] — DVD 781.649 HIP
  • Book, 2024New York : AUWA / MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. — 782.42 QUE
  • Book, 2016New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2016] — f782.42 D649h
  • Book, 2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2019] — BIO ROSS
  • I Am Hip-hop

    Conversations on the Music and Culture

    Rausch, Andrew J.
    Book, 2011Lanham, MD. : Scarecrow Press, c2011. — 782.4216 RAUSC
  • Book, 1990New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. — 781.65 CROW
  • Jimi Hendrix Sessions

    the Complete Studio Recording Sessions, 1963-1970

    McDermott, John, 1947-
    Book, 1995Boston : Little, Brown and Company, c1995. — 781.66 MCDER
  • Music CD, 1992Universal City, CA : MCA Records, p1992. — CD BLUES KING