Unsung

Author: Schomburg Center
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143136089
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 657

Book Description
A new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned cultural institution documenting black life in America and worldwide. A historic branch of NYPL located in Harlem, the Schomburg holds one of the world's premiere collections of slavery material within the Lapidus Center for Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery. Unsung will place well-known documents by abolitionists alongside lesser-known life stories and overlooked or previously uncelebrated accounts of the everyday lives and activism that were central in the slavery era, but that are mostly excised from today's master accounts. Unsung will also highlight related titles from founder Arturo Schomburg's initial collection: rare histories and first-person narratives about slavery that assisted his generation in understanding the roots of their contemporary social struggles. Unsung will draw from the Schomburg's rich holdings in order to lead a dynamic discussion of slavery, rebellion, resistance, and anti-slavery protest in the United States.

Unsung

Author: Christine Ammer
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574670615
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
Examines the contributions of women instrumentalists, composers, teachers, and conductors to American music, and suggests why they have gone unnoticed in the past.

Songs of the Unsung

Author: Horace Tapscott
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822383187
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Despite his importance and influence, jazz musician, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott remains relatively unknown to most Americans. In Songs of the Unsung Tapscott shares his life story, recalling his childhood in Houston, moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1943, learning music, and his early professional career. He describes forming the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in 1961 and later the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension to preserve African American music and serve the community. Tapscott also recounts his interactions with the Black Panthers and law enforcement, the Watts riots, his work in Hollywood movie studios, and stories about his famous musician-activist friends. Songs of the Unsung is the captivating story of one of America’s most unassuming heroes as well as the story of L.A.'s cultural and political evolution over the last half of the twentieth century.

The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA

Author: Brenda Woods
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524737119
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South. For Gabriel Haberlin, life seems pretty close to perfect in the small southern town of Birdsong, USA. But on his twelfth birthday, his point of view begins to change. It all starts when he comes face-to-face with one of the worst drivers in town while riding his new bicycle--an accident that would have been tragic if Mr. Meriwether Hunter hadn't been around to push him out of harm's way. After the accident, Gabriel and Meriwether become friends when they both start working at Gabriel's dad's auto shop, and Meriwether lets a secret slip: He served in the army's all-black 761st Tank Battalion in World War II. Soon Gabriel learns why it's so dangerous for Meriwether to talk about his heroism in front of white people, and Gabriel's eyes are finally opened to the hard truth about Birdsong--and his understanding of what it means to be a hero will never be the same.

Unsung Voices

Author: Carolyn Abbate
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691026084
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
This work looks at the "voices" that speak to us through 19th-century classical music and opera. It proposes interpretive strategies that seek the polyphony and dialogism of music, celebrating musical gestures often marginalized by conventional musical analysis.

Unsung Davids

Author: Ben Barrack
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982567999
Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The story of David vs. Goliath is perhaps the best personification of the fight between good and evil. Righteousness was overmatched and evil was overconfident. Each of the ten men featured in this book knows what it's like to be engaged in such a battle. They all share a common bond consisting of common traits that even further reinforce that bond. Amazingly, so do their adversaries. These ten men each perceived things like injustice, persecution, corruption, deceit, and dishonor as personal affronts they simply could not tolerate. Each chose to stand up to evil and didn't back down, even after seeing its face. Armed with little more than the truth, these men fought valiantly and relentlessly, entities and institutions that would do us all harm. Yet, they remain unsung as of this writing. Peter Paul vs. HILLARY CLINTON: When one man who the Clintons attempted to double cross, didn't go quietly, the woman who would run for president got far more than she bargained for. Richard Landes vs. PALLYWOOD: When one man was exposed to the underbelly of manufactured news, he blew the lid off of a strategem of war used against western civilization.

A Note Yet Unsung (A Belmont Mansion Novel Book #3)

Author: Tamera Alexander
Publisher: Bethany House
ISBN: 1441230947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 537

Book Description
From Bestselling Author Tamera Alexander Comes the Final Novel in the Sweeping Belmont Mansion Series A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the new maestro at the Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the rigors of an orchestra, and Rebekah's hopes are swiftly dashed when the conductor--determined to leave his mark on the world of classical music--bows to public opinion. To make matters worse, Adelicia Cheatham, mistress of Belmont Mansion and Rebekah's new employer, agrees with him. Nationally acclaimed conductor Nathaniel Tate Whitcomb is Nashville's youngest orchestra leader. And despite a reluctant muse and a strange buzzing and recurring pain in his head, he must finish composing his symphony before the grand opening of the city's new symphony hall. Even more pressing, he must finish it for the one who first inspired his love of music--his dying father. As Tate's ailment worsens, he knows Rebekah can help him finish his symphony. But how can he win back her trust when he's robbed her of her dream? As music moves us to tears yet makes our hearts soar, A Note Yet Unsung captures the splendor of classical music at a time when women's hard-won strides in cultural issues changed not only world history--but the hearts of men.

Unsung

Author: Schomburg Center
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525507698
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 657

Unsung

Author: Chatradari Devroop
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN: 1920109668
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
In recent years, several texts have been published on South African jazz by various authors, but attention has been focused largely on the musicians who went into exile. Unsung is a book on jazz in our country, but from the performer?s perspective. The musicians featured are the musicians who stayed. These men have had rich, enriching lives, and the best way to explore their story would be to give them the opportunity to tell it themselves.

Unsung

Author: Amy Knupp
Publisher: Lake House Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
No one can outrun a scandal…or true love… Everly Everyone thinks they know me. Joke’s on them. I don’t even know myself these days. What I do know is that I need time away from being country music’s sweetheart. So, I left my PR stunt of a fiancé, and I ran. Right into Seth Henry. I wasn’t looking for love when I came to Dragonfly Lake. But what am I supposed to do now that I’ve found it? Seth I learned the hard way that relationships aren’t for me. So, helping Everly had nothing to do with romance. Or how sexy she is. Falling for her was not part of the plan. Too bad no one let my heart in on the plan. I know happily ever after isn’t in the cards for us. One day, to protect my secrets, I’ll have to let her go. I just hope there’s a way to do it without destroying us both… Unsung, book 2 in the Henry Brothers series, is a light, small town, runaway bride contemporary romance that can be read as a standalone. It has a little humor, some spicy times, and plenty of emotional, heartwarming moments. Download today and watch Everly and Seth try (and fail) to avoid their HEA. Welcome to Dragonfly Lake, a small town on a picturesque lake in Tennessee, where the waters run deep, the neighbors are nosy, and the Henry Brothers are stealing hearts. Undone is a stand-alone story in the Henry Brothers series. If you enjoy books by Jill Shalvis, Zoe York, BJ Harvey, Piper Rayne, Lea Coll, Melanie Harlow, Molly McAdams, Lori Wilde, Melissa Foster, Bella Andre, Claudia Burgoa, Alexa Rivers, JH Croix, Christine DePetrillo, Melissa Chambers, or Amanda Torrey, chances are, you'll love Amy Knupp's Henry Brothers series. ***** runaway bride, small town romance, secrets, opposites attract, celebrity romance, country singer, fish out of water, musician, different worlds