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Black MUSIC AND SOUND

THE BLACK MUSICIAN AND THE WHITE CITY: RACE AND MUSIC IN CHICAGO, 1900-1967 BY AMY ABSHER

A CITY CALLED HEAVEN: CHICAGO AND THE BIRTH OF GOSPEL MUSIC BY ROBERT M. MAROVICH

CHICAGO BLUES: THE CITY AND THE MUSIC BY MIKE ROWE

DOOWOP THE CHICAGO SCENE BY ROBERT PRUTER

GIVE 'EM SOUL RICHARD! RACE, RADIO, & RHYTHM & BLUES IN CHICAGO BY RICHARD E. STAMZ WITH PATRICK A. ROBERTS

CHICAGO SOUL BY ROBERT PRUTER

LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL: BEHIND THE SCENES OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE DANCE SHOW SOUL TRAIN: CLASSIC MOMENTS BY ERICKA BLOUNT DANOIS

MOVE ON UP: CHICAGO SOUL MUSIC AND BLACK CULTURAL POWER BY AARON COHEN

SUN RA'S CHICAGO: AFROFUTURISM AND THE CITY BY WILLIAM SITES


DO YOU REMEMBER HOUSE? CHICAGO'S QUEER OF COLOR UNDERGROUNDS BY MICAH E. SALKIND

BOMB THE SUBURBS! GRAFFITI, RACE, FREIGHT HOPPING, AND THE SEARCH FOR HIP-HOP'S MORAL CENTER BY WILLIAM UPSKI WIMSATT

CHICAGO HUSTLE AND FLOW: GANGS, GANGSTA RAP, AND SOCIAL CLASS BY GEOFF HARKNESS

THE INVENTION AND REINVENTION OF BIG BILL BROONZY BY KEVIN D. GREENE

WILLIE DIXON: PREACHER OF THE BLUES BY MITSUTOSHI INAB

BLUES ALL DAY LONG: THE JIMMY ROGERS STORY BY WAYNE EVERETT GOINS

THE TRIUMPH OF SAM COOKE: DREAM BOOGIE BY PETER GURALNICK

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE: MAVIS STAPLES, THE STAPLE SINGERS, AND THE MARCH UP FREEDOM'S HIGHWAY BY GREG KOT

MY LIFE WITH EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE BY MAURICE WHITE WITH HERB POWELL

CHAKA! THROUGH THE FIRE BY CHAKA KHAN WITH TONYA BOLDEN

TRAVELING SOUL: THE LIFE OF CURTIS MAYFIELD BY TODD MAYFIELD WITH TRAVIS ARTRIA

HERBIE HANCOCK: POSSIBILITIES WITH LISA DICKET

ONE DAY IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE BY COMMON WITH ADAM BRADLEY

I DON'T BELONG TO YOU: QUIET THE NOISE AND FIND YOUR VOICE BY KEKE PALMER

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