1 Known Rivers/New Forms; 2 Remembering the Family; 3 Nation Time; 4 Let Them Only See Us; 5 Variations on the Solidarity Blues; 6 Round Trips on the Black Star Line; 7 Not as Others; 8 Space Is the Place; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change. But as Richard Iton shows, despite the changes politics, black artists have continued to play a significant role in the making of critical social spaces