

Move On Up
Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power
Author: Aaron Cohen
Narrator: JD Jackson
Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/17/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History, Music, History & Criticism
Synopsis
This empowerment was set in stark relief by the social unrest roiling in Chicago and across the nation: as Chicago's homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom, Chicago's black middle class faced limited economic opportunities and deep-seated segregation, all against a backdrop of nationwide deindustrialization.