Africana Studies 360.375
Bebop, Modernism and Change

Fall 2006

Provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture in 28 topical chapters (e.g., African American Firsts, Politics, Family & Health). It also includes a chronology, a chapter of important primary documents, directories of organizations and businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, hundreds of brief biographies, and more than 650 photographs, illustrations, maps, and statistical charts located within the most appropriate text.

Offers biographical portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. Published in 24 print volumes in 1999 (MSEL GEN REF CT213.A68 1999).

Includes the The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 

Find Books about Bebop

To search for books about a specific artist use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Subjects -- Library of Congress.  For example:

Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Gillespie, Dizzy

To search for books by a specific author, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Author.  For example:

Author -- Bakara, Imamu Amiri

To browse available books on the history of jazz use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Subjects -- Library of Congress.  Here are some examples:

Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Bop (music)
Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Jazz--1941-1950--History and Criticism
Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Jazz--1951-1960--History and Criticism
Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Jazz -- 1961-1970--History and Criticism

Note: If you want to exclude CDs from your searches, you will need to use the Advanced Keyword search option and limit the Material Type to Text. 

Essay and General Literature Index cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually. Additionally, more than 20 annuals and serial publications are indexed. Titles covered are in the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines.

With jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression represented, African American Song brings 50,000 tracks of music to the ears of library patrons and music scholars. It’s the first online resource to document the history of African American music in the form of an online music listening service. Users search using a powerful interface, identify the music and performances they want to hear, and click to listen through speakers or headphones.

A collection of rare works of poetry, organizational documents, rare print publications, and a small amount of personal correspondence from Baraka's involvement in the black arts movement in the mid-1960s through the early 1980s.

Includes two modules, Primary Sources in African American History and Primary Sources in U.S. Presidential History. Both modules include autobiographies, contemporary accounts, photographs, images, government documents, as well as related secondary materials.

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