African American musicians / Eleanora E. Tate ; Jim Haskins, general editor.

Author/creator Tate, Eleanora E.
Other author Haskins, James, 1941-2005.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Wiley, ©2000.
Descriptionvi, 70 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of Contents
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SeriesBlack star series
Black stars (New York, N.Y.) ^A519285
Contents Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield -- Edmund Dede -- Thomas "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune -- Millie-Christine McCoy -- Scott Joplin -- W.C. Handy -- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett) -- Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle -- Francis Hall Johnson -- Bessie Smith -- Marian Anderson -- Paul Robeson -- Duke Ellington -- Thomas Andrew Dorsey -- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong -- Mahalia Jackson -- Ella Fitzgerald -- B.B. King -- Chuck Berry -- Ray Charles -- James Brown -- Doug & Frankie Quimby -- Aretha Franklin -- Jessye Norman -- Stevie Wonder -- Michael Jackson -- Queen Latifah.
Abstract Presents biographical profiles of African Americans, both legendary and less well-known, who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past 200 years.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 162-165) and index.
LCCN 99051360
ISBN0471253561 (cloth : alk. paper)