Black History Month Resources: African-Americans in Rock

Filmed live at CBGB during the Hardcore Festival, Dec. 24-26, 1982.

Curtis Mayfield was one of the dominant figures of soul music for three decades. This performance, filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1987, finds Curtis in fine form. His distinctive falsetto vocals and fine guitar playing are in evidence on a classic set that spans his career from early Impressions hits such as Gypsy Woman and It's Alright through to his solo classics including Move On Up, Freddie's Dead (theme from "Superfly"), If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go and People Get Ready

Narrated by Laurence Fishburne ; Fishbone: Kendall Jones, Norwood Fisher, Chris Dowd, Phillip "Fish" Fisher, "Dirty" Walt Kibby II, Angelo Moore ; featuring interviews with Flea, Gwen Stefani, Ice-T, Tim Robbins, George Clinton [inductee], Branford Marsalis, Quest Love, Mike Watt, and many more.

Performed live at the Hofheinz Pavilion (the Summit) in Houston, Texas on October 31, 1976.

Selecter frontwoman Black recounts her life as a mixed-race adoptee in suburban London.

Contents:
African American movement music : on hip hop's "partial or total loss of memory" surrounding classical black popular music and classical black popular movements -- "Back to the old school!" : on the "old school" origins and evolution of rap music, hip hop culture, and the hip hop movement -- "Lifting as we climb!" : classic blues queens and the black women's club movement, neo-soul sistas and the hip hop women's movement -- Jazzmatazz : from classic jazz and bebop to jazz rap and hip hop -- "If we must die!" : the new Negro movement, the Harlem renaissance, and the homosexual hip hop movement -- The hip hop movement : from merely rap music to a major multi-issue socio-political movement

Freedom now -- Everybody knows about Mississippi-- goddam! -- The rhythm of the rebel : the sound of Black power -- Movin' on up : Black power rising -- Rainbow politics, Woodstock, and revolution rock -- The revolution will not be realized : the sound of Black power goes mainstream -- Move on over : women's and gay liberation and the punky reggae disco party -- Everybody say hey! ho! let's go : punk rock meets hip-hop -- Power to the peaceful : hip-hop at the foot of the mountaintop

Contents:
Foreword / by Stanley Nelson -- Introduction : Musicians as revolutionaries, revolutionaries as pop culture icons -- Iconic images : the Black Power salute, berets and a wicker chair -- The movement, Motown and popular music -- Honkies for Huey -- Soul on wax : the Black Panthers on record -- Look out, whitey! Black Power's gon' get your mama! -- Black Power preachin' -- Negroes with guns and radios -- Wattstax : a festival of Brotherhood -- Jazz, artist colllectives and black consciousness -- Grits 'n' groceries : miscellaneous recordings -- Conclusion : a dream deferred

Contents:
Black body politic -- Club U -- What's happening -- Call and response -- The archive -- The boondocks -- Redemption song -- Roll call, 1986

Contents:
Introduction -- Canadian steel -- Metal can save your life (or at least your sanity) -- I'm here because we started it! -- So you think you're white? -- "The only one" syndrome -- Too Black, too metal, and all woman -- The lingering stench of racism in metal -- Remove the barricades, and stagedive! -- Epilogue -- Appendix. "What are you doing here?" : the survey