Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s by Daphne Duval Harrison

Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s

Daphne Duval Harrison

320 pages 1988

1 edition

nonfiction history music race challenging informative slow-paced
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Throughout the 1920s, in tents, theaters, dance halls and cabarets, and on "race" records, black American women captivated large audiences with their singing of the blues. University of Maryland professor Harrison examines the subjects and texts o...

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