Can't Stand Still: Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance
(Part of the Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies Series)
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Born in 1893 into the only African American family in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Emmanuel Taylor Gordon (1893-1971) became an internationally famous singer in the 1920s at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. With his musical partner, J. Rosamond Johnson, Gordon was a crucially important figure in popularizing African American spirituals as an art form, giving many listeners their first experience of black spirituals. Despite his fame,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1496821963
ISBN13:9781496821966
Release Date:February 2019
Publisher:University Press of Mississippi
Length:284 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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