African American Experience Lift Every Voice: The History of African American Music, (Paperback)

Lift Every Voice traces the roots of black music in Africa and slavery and its evolution in the United States from the end of slavery to the present day.

The music's creators, consumers, and distributors are all part of the story.

Musical genres such as spirituals, ragtime, the blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and hip-hop—