Lift Every Voice and Swing - 9781479890804

Lift Every Voice and SwingBlack Musicians and Religious Culture in the Jazz Century\nAuthor(s): Vaughn A. Booker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479890804, 978-1479890804\nSynopsis\nWinner of the 2022 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities, award by by the Council of Graduate Schools\n Explores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams as representatives of African American religion in the twentieth century\n Beginning in the 1920s, the Jazz Age propelled Black swing artists into national celebrity. Many took on the role of race representatives, and were able to leverage their popularity toward achieving social progress for other African Americans. \n In Lift Every Voice and Swing, Vaughn A. Booker argues that with the emergence of these popular jazz figures, who came from a culture shaped by Black Protestantism, religious authority f.