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Freedom sounds

by Ingrid T. Monson

History and criticismSocial aspects of JazzAfrican-AmericansSocial aspectsCivil rightsJazzPolitical aspects of JazzPolitical aspects

1. Introduction. 2. Jim Crow, Economics, and the Politics of Musicianship. 3. Modernism, Race, and Aesthetics. 4. Africa, The Cold War and the Diaspora at Home. 5. Activism and Fundraising from Freedom Now to the Freedom Rides. 6. Activism and Fundraising from Birmingham to Black Power. 7. The Debate Within: White Backlash, The New Thing, and Economics. 8. Aesthetic Agency and Self-Determination. 9. Coda.

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