LEADER 04025nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910781175603321 005 20230207231221.0 010 $a0-292-79289-1 024 7 $a10.7560/722477 035 $a(CKB)2550000000010884 035 $a(OCoLC)610031132 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381441 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000420391 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12154516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420391 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10404519 035 $a(PQKB)10162531 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443473 035 $a(DE-B1597)587461 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292792890 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000010884 100 $a20091022d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn search of the blues$b[electronic resource] $ea journey to the soul of Black Texas /$fBill Minutaglio; foreword by Linda Jones 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 225 1 $aSouthwestern writers collection series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-72247-8 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tFOREWORD MEDITATIONS ON MINUTAGLIO -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tPART ONE THREE GENERATIONS -- $tHANGING TREE BLUES -- $tBLACK PANTHER BLUES -- $tTEXAS HARLEM BLUES -- $tPART TWO COMMUNITY -- $tCONGO STREET BLUES -- $tFREE MAN BLUES -- $tSAND BRANCH BLUES -- $tFIRE IN THE HOLE BLUES -- $tSOUTH DALLAS BLUES -- $tPART THREE THE MUSIC -- $tPHOTOCHEMICAL BLUES -- $tSEARCHIN? BLUES -- $tLAST MAN BLUES -- $tLIGHTNIN? BLUES -- $tCHICKEN SHACK BLUES -- $tFOURTH WARD BLUES -- $tZYDECO BLUES -- $tCREDITS 330 $aThe rich, complex lives of African Americans in Texas were often neglected by the mainstream media, which historically seldom ventured into Houston's Fourth Ward, San Antonio's East Side, South Dallas, or the black neighborhoods in smaller cities. When Bill Minutaglio began writing for Texas newspapers in the 1970s, few large publications had more than a token number of African American journalists, and they barely acknowledged the things of lasting importance to the African American community. Though hardly the most likely reporter?as a white, Italian American transplant from New York City?for the black Texas beat, Minutaglio was drawn to the African American heritage, seeking its soul in churches, on front porches, at juke joints, and anywhere else that people would allow him into their lives. His nationally award-winning writing offered many Americans their first deeper understanding of Texas's singular, complicated African American history. This eclectic collection gathers the best of Minutaglio's writing about the soul of black Texas. He profiles individuals both unknown and famous, including blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Amos Milburn, Robert Shaw, and Dr. Hepcat. He looks at neglected, even intentionally hidden, communities. And he wades into the musical undercurrent that touches on African Americans' joys, longings, and frustrations, and the passing of generations. Minutaglio's stories offer an understanding of the sweeping evolution of music, race, and justice in Texas. Moved forward by the musical heartbeat of the blues and defined by the long shadow of racism, the stories measure how far Texas has come . . . or still has to go. 410 0$aSouthwestern Writers Collection series. 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$xSocial life and customs 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$vBiography 607 $aTexas$xSocial life and customs 607 $aTexas$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aAfrican Americans 676 $a305.896/0730764 700 $aMinutaglio$b Bill$01486744 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781175603321 996 $aIn search of the blues$93853615 997 $aUNINA