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By Brian Ward,Guido van Rijn

ISBN-10: 1578069572

ISBN-13: 9781578069576

ISBN-10: 1604738588

ISBN-13: 9781604738582

Kennedy's Blues: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK collects in one quantity the blues and gospel songs written through African americans concerning the presidency of John F. Kennedy and gives an in depth research of Kennedy's carry upon the African American mind's eye. those blues and gospel songs have by no means been transcribed and analyzed in a scientific method, so this quantity presents a hitherto untapped resource at the belief of 1 of the main interesting American presidents.

After 8 years of Republican rule the younger Democratic president acquired a hot welcome from African american citizens. besides the fact that, with the chilly battle army draft and the sluggish speed of civil rights measures, idea briefly gave technique to impatience.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, the March on Washington, the groundbreaking civil rights bill--all chanced on their manner into blues and gospel songs. the numerous blues numbers dedicated to the assassination and the president's legacy are facts of JFK's near-canonization through African american citizens. Blues historian Guido van Rijn indicates that John F. Kennedy grew to become a legendary hero to blues songwriters regardless of what was once left unaccomplished.

Guido van Rijn is instructor of English at Kennemer Lyceum in Overveen, the Netherlands. His prior books contain The Truman and Eisenhower Blues: African American Blues and Gospel Songs, 1945-1960.

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