Duke Ellington : music is my mistress / by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Foundation for equality / Depression and war

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The power of pride : stylemakers and rulebreakers of the Harlem Renaissance / by Marks, Carole

Table of Contents: “…., connections: Florence Mills -- Duke Ellington -- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson -- Paris: Société des amis des noirs: Carl Van Vechten -- Langston Hughes -- Dorothy West.…”

In the break : the aesthetics of the Black radical tradition / by Moten, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The sentimental avant-garde. Duke Ellington's sound of love ; Voices/forces ; Sound in florescence (Cecil Taylor Floating Garden) ; Praying with Eric -- 2. …”
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Swinging the machine : modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars / by Dinerstein, Joel, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, bodies and machines -- The tempo of life is out of control, and then righted -- The jazz train and American musical modernity -- African American modernism and the techno-dialogic : from John Henry to Duke Ellington -- Swinging the machines : big bands and streamliner trains -- The standardized white girl in the pleasure machine : the Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s musicals -- Tap dancers rap back at the machine -- America's national folk dance : the Lindy hop -- The world of tomorrow...in the groove : swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40 -- Conclusion: the continuing importance of swinging the machine.…”
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From the briarpatch file : on context, procedure, and American identity / by Murray, Albert

Table of Contents: “…Jack's Place -- Made in America: the achievement of Duke Ellington -- Me and old Duke -- Me and old Uncle Billy and the American atmosphere -- The HNIC who he -- Soul brothers abroad -- Freedom bound U.S.A. -- The good old boys down yonder -- The "reconstruction" of Robert Penn Warren -- Louis Armstrong in his own world -- Manhattan in the twenties -- The blue steel, rawhide, patent leather implications of fairy tales -- An all purpose, all-American literary intellectual.…”

Swinging the machine : modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars / by Dinerstein, Joel, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, bodies and machines -- The tempo of life is out of control, and then righted -- The jazz train and American musical modernity -- African American modernism and the techno-dialogic : from John Henry to Duke Ellington -- Swinging the machines : big bands and streamliner trains -- The standardized white girl in the pleasure machine : the Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s musicals -- Tap dancers rap back at the machine -- America's national folk dance : the Lindy hop -- The world of tomorrow...in the groove : swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40 -- Conclusion: the continuing importance of swinging the machine.…”

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Black genius : and the American experience / by Russell, Dick

Table of Contents: “…Ancestors--Ellington's mentor: Will Marion Cook -- Albert Murray and Louis Armstrong -- The craft of Ralph Ellison -- From Duke Ellington to Wynton Marsalis -- Variations on a theme : Romare Bearden, artist -- Ancestors--Meta Warrick Fuller, sculptor -- The painters : Lois Mailou Jones and Jacob Lawrence -- All the world's their stage : Paul Robeson and Ira Aldridge -- Gordon Parks : a lens on humanity -- Ancestors--Mary McLeod Bethune, educator -- A teacher's mission : Elma Lewis -- The philosphers : Cornel West and the Du Bois/Locke legacy -- Toni Morrison : Nobel prize for literature -- Timeless voices, parallel realities : James Baldwin and Frederick Douglass.…”

Contested democracy : freedom, race, and power in American history /

Table of Contents: “…Ngai -- Student protest, "law and order," and the origins of African American studies in California / Martha Biondi -- Duke Ellington plays Baghdad : rethinking hard and soft power from the outside In / Penny Von Eschen -- The story of American freedom before and after 9/11 / Eric Foner -- Afterword: "From the archives and from the heart" / David W. …”

Contested democracy : freedom, race, and power in American history /

Table of Contents: “…Ngai -- Student protest, "law and order," and the origins of African American studies in California / Martha Biondi -- Duke Ellington plays Baghdad : rethinking hard and soft power from the outside In / Penny Von Eschen -- The story of American freedom before and after 9/11 / Eric Foner -- Afterword: "From the archives and from the heart" / David W. …”
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The Harlem Renaissance revisited : politics, arts, and letters /

Table of Contents: “…Harrison and the role of the new Negro literary critic / Ousmane Kirumu Power-Greene -- It's all sacred music : Duke Ellington, from the Cotton Club to the cathedral / Frank A. …”

Black culture and the New Deal : the quest for civil rights in the Roosevelt era / by Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca

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Driving the Green Book : a road trip through the living history of Black resistance / by Hall, Alvin D., Weber, Karl, 1953-

Black culture and the New Deal : the quest for civil rights in the Roosevelt era / by Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca

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Works for children and young adults : biographies / by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Table of Contents: “…Bland : minstrel composer -- Bert Williams : artist of comedy song -- Bill Robinson : music with the feet -- Leadbelly : the essence of folk song -- Jelly Roll Morton : from ragtime to jazz -- Roland Hayes : famous concert artist -- William Grant Still : distinguished composer -- Bessie Smith : "The Empress of the Blues" -- Duke Ellington: composer and band leader -- Ethel Waters : singer of popular songs -- Louis Armstrong : king of the trumpet players -- Marian Anderson : Metropolitan opera star -- Bennie Benjamin : Broadway song writer -- Mahalia Jackson : singer of gospel songs -- Dean Dixon : symphony conductor -- Lena Horne : singing star of Hollywood -- Famous jazz musicians : Congo Square to Carnegie Hall -- FAMOUS NEGRO HEROES OF AMERICA (1958) : Estaban : discover of Arizona -- Crispus Attucks : martyr for American independence -- Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable : founder of Chicago -- Paul Cuffe : seaman and colonizer -- Gabriel Prosser : freedom seeker -- James P. …”
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