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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

Publication Date

2025

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Books

Call Number

781.6408996 LAU

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SD_ILS:790875

How sweet the sound

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

780.8996073 ALE

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SD_ILS:794072

Gospel [DVD video]

Harris, Shayla, director.

Publication Date

2024

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DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

305.896073 GOS

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SD_ILS:712177

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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Books

Call Number

781.642 RAN

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SD_ILS:788591

Jelly Roll blues : censored songs & hidden histories

Wald, Elijah, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

782.421643 WAL

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SD_ILS:722483

Fire Music [digital video].

Surgal, Tom, film director.

Publication Date

2021

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Digital

A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:798314

The musicians' green book [DVD video] : an enduring legacy

Venezia, Mike, television director.

Publication Date

2023

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DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

973.0496073 MUS

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SD_ILS:680654

America's Musical Heritage. Episode 9, The Banjo: An African Gift to American Music [digital video].

Seeger, Anthony, actor.

Publication Date

2019

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Digital

Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:685980

Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll

Bolden, Tonya, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

782.254 BOL

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SD_ILS:706689

10.

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

Flam, Laura, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

782.42164 FLA

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SD_ILS:690444

11.

Why Willie Mae Thornton matters

Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

927.8242 THO

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SD_ILS:691644

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Black Fiddlers [digital video].

Montes-Bradley, Eduardo, film director.

Publication Date

2022

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Digital

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GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:683047

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Goldcrest Films International.

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Guttentag, William.

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Jean, Wyclef.

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Joseph, Jamal film director.

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McCray, Byron, illustrator.

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Mikai, Monica, illustrator.

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Moss, Otis, III, 1970- on-screen participant.

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Murdocca, Sal.

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Osborne, Mary Pope.

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Perkins, Pinetop, actor.

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Peteri, Troy, letterer.

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Piskor, Ed, author.

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Questlove, author.

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Questlove, film director.

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Randall, Alice, 1959- author.

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Rhymes, Busta, actor.

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Richen, Yoruba, television director.

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Riera, Juan (Cartoonist), artist.

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Roots (Musical group)

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Rosenbaum, Scott, film director.

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Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- performer.

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Sanders, Rob, 1958- author.

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Seeger, Anthony, actor.

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Staple Singers, performer.

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Stone, Joss.

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Sturman, Dan.

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Tabu, Hannibal, 1973- author.

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Taylor, Cecil, actor.

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Teaching Company, film distributor.

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