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Blues People Final Curriculum Guide.Pdf, Vincent L. Stephens Jun 2014

Blues People Final Curriculum Guide.Pdf, Vincent L. Stephens

Vincent L Stephens

The Curriculum Guide is a comprehensive resource for educators seeking to use LeRoi Jones's 1963 classic Blues People: Negro Music in White America in a classroom setting. The Guide includes summaries of each individual chapter and a listing of critical themes embedded in the chapter, a list of discussion questions, and a supplemental bibliography featuring reviews and essays on Blues People, and a resource for Jones’s additional writing on the blues genre. The Guide was funded by a grant awarded to scholar Vincent L. Stephens by Bucknell University's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (CSREG) in the …


The Harlem Renaissance: “Masterful Improvisation”, Gerald R. Natal Feb 2007

The Harlem Renaissance: “Masterful Improvisation”, Gerald R. Natal

Gerald R Natal

A brief outline of the cultural forces that merged to form one of the most important movements in African-American history