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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

Publication Date

2025

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781.6408996 LAU

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SD_ILS:790875

How sweet the sound

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Publication Date

2025

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780.8996073 ALE

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SD_ILS:794072

Jelly Roll blues : censored songs & hidden histories

Wald, Elijah, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

782.421643 WAL

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SD_ILS:722483

My Black country : a journey through country music's Black past, present and future

Randall, Alice, 1959- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

781.642 RAN

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SD_ILS:788591

But will you love me tomorrow? : an oral history of the '60s girl groups

Flam, Laura, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

782.42164 FLA

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SD_ILS:690444

Why Willie Mae Thornton matters

Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

Publication Date

2023

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927.8242 THO

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Ride or die : a feminist manifesto for the well-being of Black women

Hubbard, Shanita, author.

Publication Date

2022

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305.48896 HUB

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SD_ILS:671160

Shine bright : a very personal history of black women in pop

Smith, Danyel, author.

Publication Date

2022

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782.42164 SMI

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SD_ILS:610255

Dvořák's prophecy : and the vexed fate of black classical music

Horowitz, Joseph, 1948- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

780.973 HOR

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SD_ILS:621306

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The real ambassadors : Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong challenge segregation

Hatschek, Keith, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

781.65 HAT

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SD_ILS:662657

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Liner notes for the revolution : the intellectual life of black feminist sound

Brooks, Daphne, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

780.820973 BRO

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SD_ILS:610558

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King of ragtime : the story of Scott Joplin

Costanza, Stephen, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2021

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789.9 COS

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Keppard, Freddie, 1890-1933.

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