Art and Activism
Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard
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Product details:
- Publisher Ohio University Press
- Date of Publication 17 March 2026
- ISBN 9780821426876
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages322 pages
- Size 216x140 mm
- Weight 400 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 photographs 696
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Short description:
This book uncovers the powerful ties between iconic jazz musicians and leading African American writers during the civil rights era. Exploring their influence on pivotal events and leaders, it reveals how art and activism intersected and offers readers a fresh cultural perspective on the movement from 1955 to 1965.
MoreLong description:
Explore how jazz legends and literary icons united art and activism, shaping the civil rights movement and transforming American culture during the pivotal period between 1955 and 1965.
Art and Activism explores the powerful, symbiotic relationships among artists such as Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, and Lena Horne and their literary counterparts-Lorraine Hansberry, Maya Angelou, and Langston Hughes. These creative figures positioned themselves as cultural thought leaders within the evolving civil rights movement. While the Jim Crow South was the movement’s operational front, Jack Marchbanks argues that New York City’s intellectual, cultural, and fundraising communities functioned as its strategic command center.
Readers who admire jazz legends like Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus-and those fascinated by prominent African American writers like James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison-will discover how these artists intertwined their work with the civil rights struggle. The book examines their involvement in pivotal confrontations and their connections with key leaders such as the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Daisy Bates, Ella Baker, and Malcolm X.
By illuminating the intersection of art and activism, this study offers a fresh perspective on the pivotal decade from 1955 to 1965. It is an essential resource for undergraduate courses and an engaging read for anyone seeking to understand the civil rights era through a cultural lens.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 Jazz in Cultural Ascendance
2 Ellington and Hughes, the Patriarchs
3 Little Rock Galvanizes the Movement and Jazz,
1957–-1959
4 African Anticolonialism and the American Civil
Rights Movement in the Early 1960s
5 Making Their Voices Heard: Women Jazz Artists
and Writers in the Early 1960s
6 Artist Advocacy in the Civil Rights Movement’s
Most Tumultuous Year
7 Much More Than Rhythm and Melody
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Sixteen Significant Jazz Albums Released During the American Civil Rights Movement and
African Anticolonial Campaigns
Notes
Bibliograph
Index
