Big star fallin' mama
Big star fallin' mama
About this book
Portraits of five black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL6606568W
Subjects
African American women musiciansAfrican AmericansBiographyBlues (Music)History and criticismJuvenile literatureMusiciansAfrican american musiciansMusicians, united statesAfrican americans, biographySmith, bessie, 1898-1937Jackson, mahalia, 1911-1972Blacks, biographyAfrican american womenWomen, biographySingersAfrican americans, juvenile literatureMusic, history and criticism, juvenile literature