عنوان

In search of the blues :

(Number (ISBN

0292792891

(Number (ISBN

9780292792890

Erroneous ISBN

0292722478

Erroneous ISBN

0292722893

Erroneous ISBN

9780292722477

Erroneous ISBN

9780292722897

Number

b796242

Title Proper

In search of the blues :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a journey to the soul of Black Texas /

First Statement of Responsibility

Bill Minutaglio ; foreword by Linda Jones.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Austin :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Texas Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations.

Series Title

Southwestern writers collection series

Text of Note

Hanging tree blues -- Black Panther blues -- Texas Harlem blues -- Congo Street blues -- Free Man blues -- Sand Branch blues -- Fire in the Hole blues -- South Dallas blues -- Photochemical blues -- Searchin' blues -- Last Man blues -- Lightnin' blues -- Chicken Shack blues -- Fourth Ward blues -- Zydeco blues.

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Text of Note

The rich, complex lives of African Americans in Texas were often neglected by the mainstream media, which historically seldom ventured into Houston's Fourth Ward, San Antonio's East Side, South Dallas, or the black neighborhoods in smaller cities. When Bill Minutaglio began writing for Texas newspapers in the 1970s, few large publications had more than a token number of African American journalists, and they barely acknowledged the things of lasting importance to the African American community. Though hardly the most likely reporter--as a white, Italian American transplant from New York City--for the black Texas beat, Minutaglio was drawn to the African American heritage, seeking its soul in churches, on front porches, at juke joints, and anywhere else that people would allow him into their lives. His nationally award-winning writing offered many Americans their first deeper understanding of Texas's singular, complicated African American history. This eclectic collection gathers the best of Minutaglio's writing about the soul of black Texas. He profiles individuals both unknown and famous, including blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Amos Milburn, Robert Shaw, and Dr. Hepcat. He looks at neglected, even intentionally hidden, communities. And he wades into the musical undercurrent that touches on African Americans' joys, longings, and frustrations, and the passing of generations. Minutaglio's stories offer an understanding of the sweeping evolution of music, race, and justice in Texas. Moved forward by the musical heartbeat of the blues and defined by the long shadow of racism, the stories measure how far Texas has come ... or still has to go.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

0158D382-F5EA-4D08-9F92-BDE47A90F22A

Title

In search of the blues.

International Standard Book Number

9780292722477

African Americans-- Texas-- Social life and customs.

African Americans-- Texas, Biography.

African Americans-- Social life and customs.

African Americans.

Bluesmusiker

Manners and customs.

Schwarze

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies.

Texas, Biography.

Texas, Social life and customs.

Schwarze.

Texas

Texas.

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SOC-- 001000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Minutaglio, Bill.

Date of Transaction

20201207090839.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

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Electronic name

[Book]

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