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She Raised Her Voice!
50 Black Women Who Sang Their Way Into Music History
Jordannah Elizabeth
Item #:
9780762475162
Price:
$17.99
From jazz and blues, hip hop and R&B, to pop, punk, and opera,
Black women have made major contributions to the history and
formation of musical genres in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. In this illustrated anthology, fifty strong,
empowering, and inspiring Black women singers' bios will teach
readers to follow their dreams, to think outside the box, and
to push the boundaries of what's expected. Written by
music
writer and journalist Jordannah Elizabeth and illustrated by
Briana Dengoue, She Raised Her Voice! will inspire
readers to find their voice and their own way of expressing
themselves.
Book, 168 pages.Featured artists include:
Sade Adu - Erykah Badu - Anita Baker - Beyoncé - Dee Dee
Bridgewater - Betty Carter - Tracy Chapman - Natalie Cole -
Elizabeth Cotten - Ella Fitzgerald - Roberta Flack - Aretha
Franklin - Billie Holiday - Lena Horne - Janet Jackson -
Mahalia Jackson - Etta James - Chaka Khan - Angélique Kidjo -
Gladys Knight - Patti Labelle - Abbey Lincoln - Darlene Love -
Barbara Lynn - Rita Marley - MC Lyte - Memphis Minnie - Odetta
- The Pointer Sisters - Leontyne Price - Queen Latifah - Ma
Rainey - Minnie Riperton - Diana Ross - Jill Scott - Nina
Simone - Sister Nancy - Skin - Bessie Smith - Ronnie Spector -
Mavis Staples - Poly Styrene - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Big
Mama Thornton - Tina Turner - Ari Up - Sarah Vaughan - Dionne
Warwick - Dinah Washington - Nancy Wilson
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