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Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century

Author : Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 038539246X
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning picture-book biography of iconic African American opera star Leontyne Price. Born in a small town in Mississippi in 1927, the daughter of a midwife and a sawmill worker, Leontyne Price might have grown up singing the blues. But Leontyne had big dreams—and plenty to be thankful for—as she surrounded herself with church hymns and hallelujahs, soaked up opera arias on the radio, and watched the great Marian Anderson grace the stage. While racism made it unlikely that a poor black girl from the South would pursue an opera career, Leontyne’s wondrous voice and unconquerable spirit prevailed. Bursting through the door Marian had cracked open, Leontyne was soon recognized and celebrated for her leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera and around the world—most notably as the majestic Ethiopian princess in Aida, the part she felt she was born to sing. From award-winners Carole Boston Weatherford and Raul Colón comes the story of a little girl from Mississippi who became a beloved star—one whose song soared on the breath of her ancestors and paved the way for those who followed.

The Monster I Am Today

Author : Kevin Simmonds
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810143747
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Monster I Am Today written by Kevin Simmonds and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overture -- Performance -- Postlude.

Leontyne Price, Opera Superstar

Author : Sylvia B. Williams
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516035314
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Leontyne Price, Opera Superstar written by Sylvia B. Williams and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1984 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography of the black opera singer who is one of the most celebrated sopranos of her time and who, among other honors, opened the inaugural season of the new Metropolitan Opera House.

Leontyne Price, Opera Superstar

Author : Richard Steins
Publisher : Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781567110098
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Leontyne Price, Opera Superstar written by Richard Steins and published by Blackbirch Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the renowned soprano who helped break the color barrier in professional opera during the 1960s.

Leontyne

Author : Richard Goodwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1448214661
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Leontyne written by Richard Goodwin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Observing the barges from the Pont des Arts in Paris sparks in Richard Goodwin a strong desire to join their nomadic lifestyle. And so he buys Leontyne – or Leo to her friends ¬– an ancient, rusty barge that has been plying the Thames for over sixty years. After patching her up and roping in some wise men of the rivers, Richard plans an epic journey; one that will take him across the stormy channel, along beautiful rivers and canals, through river cities and tiny villages, from London, all the way to Vienna. First published in 1989, Leontyne: By barge from London to Vienna is full of colourful characters met along the way, the amusing trials and tribulations of a cantankerous boat and the rich culture of the countries Goodwin passes through.

Ebony

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 1961-04 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Soul Mates

Author : Jeffrey Wayne Truitt
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450095828
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Soul Mates written by Jeffrey Wayne Truitt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.

Mississippi Black History Makers

Author : George A. Sewell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604733907
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Mississippi Black History Makers written by George A. Sewell and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1984-11 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-researched collection of biographical sketches of notable African Americans from Mississippi

Famous Firsts of Black Women

Author : Martha Ward Plowden
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455604098
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Famous Firsts of Black Women written by Martha Ward Plowden and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on notable African-American women who have helped shape American destiny, including contributors in the fields of politics, sports, and the arts.

Hop on Pop

Author : Henry Jenkins III
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383500
Total Pages : 761 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Hop on Pop written by Henry Jenkins III and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-23 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hop on Pop showcases the work of a new generation of scholars—from fields such as media studies, literature, cinema, and cultural studies—whose writing has been informed by their ongoing involvement with popular culture and who draw insight from their lived experiences as critics, fans, and consumers. Proceeding from their deep political commitment to a new kind of populist grassroots politics, these writers challenge old modes of studying the everyday. As they rework traditional scholarly language, they search for new ways to write about our complex and compelling engagements with the politics and pleasures of popular culture and sketch a new and lively vocabulary for the field of cultural studies. The essays cover a wide and colorful array of subjects including pro wrestling, the computer games Myst and Doom, soap operas, baseball card collecting, the Tour de France, karaoke, lesbian desire in the Wizard of Oz, Internet fandom for the series Babylon 5, and the stress-management industry. Broader themes examined include the origins of popular culture, the aesthetics and politics of performance, and the social and cultural processes by which objects and practices are deemed tasteful or tasteless. The commitment that binds the contributors is to an emergent perspective in cultural studies, one that engages with popular culture as the culture that "sticks to the skin," that becomes so much a part of us that it becomes increasingly difficult to examine it from a distance. By refusing to deny or rationalize their own often contradictory identifications with popular culture, the contributors ensure that the volume as a whole reflects the immediacy and vibrancy of its objects of study. Hop on Pop will appeal to those engaged in the study of popular culture, American studies, cultural studies, cinema and visual studies, as well as to the general educated reader. Contributors. John Bloom, Gerry Bloustein, Aniko Bodroghkozy, Diane Brooks, Peter Chvany, Elana Crane, Alexander Doty, Rob Drew, Stephen Duncombe, Nick Evans, Eric Freedman, Joy Fuqua, Tony Grajeda, Katherine Green, John Hartley, Heather Hendershot, Henry Jenkins, Eithne Johnson, Louis Kaplan, Maria Koundoura, Sharon Mazer, Anna McCarthy, Tara McPherson, Angela Ndalianis, Edward O’Neill, Catherine Palmer, Roberta Pearson, Elayne Rapping, Eric Schaefer, Jane Shattuc, Greg Smith, Ellen Strain, Matthew Tinkhom, William Uricchio, Amy Villarego, Robyn Warhol, Charles Weigl, Alan Wexelblat, Pamela Robertson Wojcik, Nabeel Zuberi

Miles

Author : Miles Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671725823
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Miles written by Miles Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1990-09-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles discusses his life and music from playing trumpet in high school to the new instruments and sounds from the Caribbean.

Leontyne Price: Highlights of a Prima Donna

Author : Hugh Lee Lyon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Leontyne Price: Highlights of a Prima Donna written by Hugh Lee Lyon and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shine Bright

Author : Danyel Smith
Publisher : Roc Lit 101
ISBN 13 : 0593132734
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Shine Bright written by Danyel Smith and published by Roc Lit 101. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American pop music is arguably this country’s greatest cultural contribution to the world, and its singular voice and virtuosity were created by a shining thread of Black women geniuses stretching back to the country’s founding. This is their surprising, heartbreaking, soaring story—from “one of the generation’s greatest, most insightful, most nuanced writers in pop culture” (Shea Serrano) “Sparkling . . . the overdue singing of a Black girl’s song, with perfect pitch . . . delicious to read.”—Oprah Daily ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, The Root, Variety, Esquire, The Guardian, Newsweek, Pitchfork, She Reads, Publishers Weekly SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD A weave of biography, criticism, and memoir, Shine Bright is Danyel Smith’s intimate history of Black women’s music as the foundational story of American pop. Smith has been writing this history for more than five years. But as a music fan, and then as an essayist, editor (Vibe, Billboard), and podcast host (Black Girl Songbook), she has been living this history since she was a latchkey kid listening to “Midnight Train to Georgia” on the family stereo. Smith’s detailed narrative begins with Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who sang her poems, and continues through the stories of Mahalia Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and Mariah Carey, as well as the under-considered careers of Marilyn McCoo, Deniece Williams, and Jody Watley. Shine Bright is an overdue paean to musical masters whose true stories and genius have been hidden in plain sight—and the book Danyel Smith was born to write.

Brave. Black. First.

Author : Cheryl Willis Hudson
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0525645837
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Brave. Black. First. written by Cheryl Willis Hudson and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over fifty remarkable African American women whose unique skills and contributions paved the way for the next generation of young people. Perfect for fans of Rad Women Worldwide, Women in Science, and Girls Think of Everything. Fearless. Bold. Game changers. Harriet Tubman guided the way. Rosa Parks sat for equality. Aretha Franklin sang from the soul. Serena Williams bested the competition. Michelle Obama transformed the White House. Black women everywhere have changed the world! Published in partnership with curators from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, this illustrated biography compilation captures the iconic moments of fifty African American women whose heroism and bravery rewrote the American story for the better. "A beautifully illustrated testament to the continuing excellence and legacy of Africane American women." -Kirkus Reviews

Jet

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-11-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

The 20th Century O-Z

Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136593624
Total Pages : 1418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The 20th Century O-Z written by Frank N. Magill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.

Marilyn Horne

Author : Marilyn Horne
Publisher : Baskerville Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781880909713
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Marilyn Horne written by Marilyn Horne and published by Baskerville Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely rewritten autobiography has been brought up to date with new material covering the last twenty years, all new pictures, and a CD of live recordings chosen by Mme. Horne as the best to exemplify her talent.