Bibliograph

African American musicians, Eleanora E. Tate ; Jim Haskins, general editor

Type

Label

African American musicians, Eleanora E. Tate ; Jim Haskins, general editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165), chronology and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Intended audience

1190L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African American musicians

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Eleanora E. Tate ; Jim Haskins, general editor

Series statement

Black stars New York, N.Y

Summary

Presents biographical profiles of African Americans, both legendary and less well-known, who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past 200 years

Table Of Contents

Marian Anderson -- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong -- Chuck Berry -- Thomas "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune -- Eubie Blake -- Noble Sissle -- James Brown -- Ray Charles -- Edmund Dede -- Thomas Andrew Dorsey -- Duke Ellington -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Aretha Franklin -- Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield -- W. C. Handy -- Mahalia Jackson -- Michael Jackson -- Francis Hall Johnson -- Scott Joplin -- B.B. King -- Queen Latifa -- Millie-Christine McCoy -- Jessye Norman -- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey -- Doug Quimby -- Frankie Quimby -- Paul Robeson -- Bessie Smith -- Stevie Wonder

Target audience

juvenile

Classification