Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. 1889; Chapter 2. 1890; Chapter 3. 1891; Chapter 4. 1892; Chapter 5. 1893; Chapter 6. 1894; Chapter 7. 1895; Appendix 1: Repertoire of the Tennessee Jubilee Singers, 1888-1889; Appendix 2: Personnel Listings of Orpheus M. McAdoo's and M.B. Curtis's Troupes in Australia, 1899-1900; Appendix 3: Repertoire of McAdoo's Virginia Concert Company and Jubilee Singers, 1892-1893; Appendix 4: Roster of the Detroit City Band, 1891-1892; Notes; Index
Summary
The early 1890s witnessed over a thousand lynchings of African Americans. At the same time this brutalised community gave birth to the phenomenon of ragtime & the popular entertainment industry. 'Out of Sight' examines this apparent contradiction
