Harlem 69 : the future of soul
Cosgrove, Stuart2019
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In 1969, among Harlem's Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway, and drug peddler Jimmy 'Goldfinger' Terrell. In February a raid on tenements across New York leads to the arrest of 21 Black Panther party members and one of the most controversial trials of the era. In the summer Harlem plays host to Black Woodstock and concerts starring Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone. The world's most famous guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, a major supporter of the Black Panthers, returns to Harlem in support of their cause. By the end of the year Harlem is gripped by a heroin pandemic and the death of a 12-year-old child sends shockwaves through the USA, leaving Harlem stigmatised as an area ravaged by crime, gangsters and a darkly vengeful drug problem.
Main title:
Harlem 69 : the future of soul / Stuart Cosgrove.
Author:
Cosgrove, Stuart, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Polygon, 2019.
Collation:
xvii, 347 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards:
Penderyn Music Book Prize 2018
ISBN:
9781846974748 (pbk)
Dewey class:
781.64409747109046781.644
LC class:
ML3537
Local class:
781.644
Language:
English
Subject:
Soul music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticismRhythm and blues music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticismAfrican American musicians -- New York (State) -- New YorkPolitics and culture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th centuryHarlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryMusic
BRN:
2454838