Links the history of race relations to the history of basketball by reviewing the era of the first Black teams, the first integration of teams, and the innovations that Black players have brought to the game

Elevating the Game: Black Men and Basketball

George, Nelson

Sports & Outdoors

Harpercollins

A summary of two decades of black culture covers such diverse topics as Superfly, Muhammad Ali, Jungle Fever, and Hammer. By the author of The Death of Rhythm and Blues. National ad/promo.

Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture

Arts & Photography

Blackface: Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies

An examination of African-American imagery and participation in American movies includes a timeline of important African-American events in film history and discusses the achievements of noted celebrities. $20,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Performing Arts

Perennial

An examination of African American imagery and participation in American movies includes a timeline of important African American events in film history and discusses the achievements of noted celebrities

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, “the most accomplished black music critic of his generation” (Washington Post Book World).
When it debuted in October 1971, seven years after the Civil Rights Act, Soul Train boldly went where no variety show had gone before, showcasing the cultural preferences of young African-Americans and the sounds that defined their lives: R&amp;B, funk, jazz, disco, and gospel music. The brainchild of radio announcer Don Cornelius, the show’s producer and host, Soul Train featured a diverse range of stars, from James Brown and David Bowie to Christine Aguilera and R. Kelly; Marvin Gaye and Elton John to the New Kids on the Block and Stevie Wonder.
The Hippest Trip in America tells the full story of this pop culture phenomenon that appealed not only to blacks, but to a wide crossover audience as well. Famous dancers like Rosie Perez and Jody Watley, performers such as Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Barry White, and Cornelius himself share their memories, offering insights into the show and its time—a period of extraordinary social and political change. Colorful and pulsating, The Hippest Trip In America is a fascinating portrait of a revered cultural institution that has left an indelible mark on our national consciousness.

The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style

Music

William Morrow

HIPPEST TRIP AMER

MorrowPb

Hip Hop America

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, Hip Hop America is "an invaluable, entertaining and well-written account from one who has not only witnessed the evolution of hip-hop, but who. . . has had a hand in shaping it, as well."--The New York Times Book Review From the award-winning author of The Death of Rhythm and Blues comes Hip Hop America, the history of hip hop from its roots in the late 1970s to its emergence as the cultural force that today influences everything from movies to fashion, advertising to sports. It's the story of a society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media--and it's very big business. Called "the most insightful hip hop writer on the planet" by Rolling Stone, Nelson George offers an insider's tour through a multimedia phenomenon of which rap music is only the audible manifestation, and also includes drugs, fashion, incarceration, basketball, entrepreneurship, technology, and language. Examining hip hop as music, a style, a business, a myth, and a moral code, he turns hip hop over to look at the ways it has been treated by Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and Wall Street to reach not just young black consumers but all young people. Hip Hop America shows us why, against all odds, hip hop has held a steady grip on American popular culture for over twenty years. "I love hip-hop more than I love my mother-- and Nelson George writes about hip-hop with heart, soul, and insight." --Chris Rock "An immensely readable survey of rap and its wide cultural impact."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penguin??Books

From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its transformation into the R&amp;B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music.

The Death of Rhythm and Blues

Penguin Publishing Group

One of the foremost chroniclers of the contemporary black experience offers an undeluded perspective on the 1980s. Here are crack, AIDS, and the Reagan rollback of the major advances of the civil rights movement. But Nelson George also shows how black performers, athletes, and activists made increasing inroads into the mainstream. This fast-paced, chronological retrospective profiles personalities from Bill Cosby to Louis Farrakhan and explores such flashpoints as the first rap single and the infamous Willie Horton ad campaign.
On the web: http://www.nelsongeorge.com/

Post-Soul Nation: The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980s as Experienced by Afr ican Americans (Previously Known as Blacks and Before That Negroes)

History

Americas

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Books by George, Nelson

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Elevating the Game: Black Men and Basketball

Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture

Blackface: Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies

Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture

Blackface: Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies

The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style

HIPPEST TRIP AMER

Hip Hop America

The Death of Rhythm and Blues

Post-Soul Nation: The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980s as Experienced by Afr ican Americans (Previously Known as Blacks and Before That Negroes)