Out of Sight

This title presents a landmark exploration of one of the defining periods in American culture and African American popular music. The late 19th century was a time of extreme racial tension in the United States, yet it witnessed the emergence of ragtime and birth of an African American popular entert [...]
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This title presents a landmark exploration of one of the defining periods in American culture and African American popular music. The late 19th century was a time of extreme racial tension in the United States, yet it witnessed the emergence of ragtime and birth of an African American popular entertainment industry. Drawing on meticulous research from hard-to-access archival sources, and superbly illustrated with more than 150 photographs, "Out of Sight" is an eminently readable landmark exploration of the events and developments, the contradictions and redemptive energies that characterized the rise of black popular music in the midst of an American racial cataclysm. Featuring articles and biographies on the major musicians, performers, entertainers, and groups of the period, this is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the roots of ragtime, blues, jazz, gospel, and the issues that shaped American popular culture for the next hundred years.