Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations
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"Ward brings passion and an encyclopedic knowledge of R&B to bear in his account of Brown vs. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, and the ebb and flow of economic and political clout within the Black community. . . . A densely textured and fascinating study."—Susan McClary, author of Feminine Endings"A highly original and imaginative history connecting African American popular music with corresponding developments in the Black freedom struggle. . . . Ward is particularly adept in his use of sources, combining a creative rendering of discography with ample use of archival material. . . . [Ward] forces the reader to think about the civil rights and Black power movements in new ways and offers keen insights for measuring the impact of the African American freedom struggle on both Black and white Americans."—Steven Lawson, Stanford UniversityBig IssueScholarly but never dull, Brian Ward plots the evolving tensions, sexuality and spirituality which have made black music a consistently vital force. Fascinating.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction1Pt. IDeliver me from the days of old1"I hear you knocking ...": from r&b to rock and roll192"Down in the alley": sex, success and sociology among black vocal groups and shouters563"Too much monkey business": race, rock and resistance904"Our day will come": black pop, white pop and the sounds of integration123Pt. IIPeople get ready5"Can I get a witness?": civil rights, soul and secularization1736"Everybody needs somebody to love": southern soul, southern dreams, national stereotypes2177"All for one, and one for all": black enterprise, racial politics and the business of soul2538"On the outside looking in": Rhythm and Blues, celebrity politics and the civil rights movement289Pt. IIIOne nation (divisible) under a groove9"Tell it like it is": soul, funk and sexual politics in the black power era33910"Get up, get into it, get involved": black music, black protest and the black power movement38811"Take that to the bank": corporate soul, black capitalism and disco fever417Epilogue451Notes453Sources519Permissions549Index553
