A Change Is Gonna Come : Music, Race & the Soul of America

Preface to the Revised Edition xi Introduction: "What's Going On" xiii Acknowledgments xix Section One: "A Change Is Gonna Come": Mahalia Jackson, Motown, and the Movement 1. The Dream 3(1) 2. Mahalia and the Movement 4(7) 3. "The Soul of the Movement": Calls and Responses 11(4) 4. Motown: Money, Magic, and the Mask 15(7) 5. The Big Chill vs. Cooley High: Two out of Three Falls for the Soul of Motown 22(6) The Gospel Impulse 28(40) 6. Sam Cooke and the Voice of Change 31(6) 7. Solid Gold Coffins: Phil Spector and the Girl Group Blues 37(3) 8. SAR and the Ambiguity of Integration 40(4) 9. "The Times They Are A-Changin' ": Port Huron and the Folk Revival 44(5) 10. Woody and Race 49(4) 11. "Blowin' in the Wind": Politics and Authenticity 53(3) 12. Music and the Truth: The Birth of Southern Soul 56(9) 13. Down at the Crossroads 65(3) The Blues Impulse 68(35) 14. Soul Food: The Mid-South Mix 72(7) 15. Dylan, the Brits, and Blue-Eyed Soul 79(6) 16. The Minstrel Blues 85(4) 17. Otis, Jimi, and the Summer of Love: From Monterey to Woodstock 89(5) 18. Last Thoughts on the Dream: Dot and Diana 94(9) Section Two: "Love or Confusion?": Black Power, Vietnam, and the Death of the Dream 19. Sly in the Smoke 103(3) 20. Death Warrants: LBJ, Martin, and the Liberal Collapse 106(3) 21. "All Along the Watchtower": Jimi Hendrix and the Sound of Vietnam 109(7) 22. 'Retha, Rap, and Revolt 116(5) 23. "Spirit in the Dark": Aretha's Gospel Politics 121(4) 24. Jazz Warriors: Malcolm and Coltrane 125(7) The Jazz Impulse 132(45) 25. "Black Is an' Black Ain't": JB, Miles, and Jimi 137(7) 26. Curtis Mayfield's Gospel Soul 144(7) 27. John Fogerty and the Mythic South 151(7) 28. "Trouble Comin' Every Day": Southern Strategies and the Revolution on TV 158(7) 29. Troubled Souls: Wattstax and Motown (West) 165(7) 30. "Where Is the Love?": Donny Hathaway and the End of the Dream 172 Section Three: "I Will Survive": Disco, Irony, and the Sound of Resistance 31. Reflections in a Mirror Ball 177(2) 32. Reverend Green and the Return of Jim Crow 179(4) 33. Demographics 101: Hard Times in Chocolate City 183(4) 34. Black Love in the Key of Life 187(4) 35. Jimmy Carter and the Great Quota Disaster of 1978 191(6) 36. Roots: The Messages in the Music 197(6) 37. God Love Sex: Disco and the Gospel Impulse 203(6) 38. Disco Sucks 209(3) 39. Punks and Pretenders 212(6) 40. Rebellion or Revolution: Bruce Springsteen and the Clash 218(8) 41. P-Funkentelechy 226(4) 42. Redemption Songs: Bob Marley in Babylon 230(6) 43. The Message: Hip-hop and the South Bronx 236(9) Section Four: "And That's the Way That It Is": The Reagan Rules, Hip-hop, and the Megastars 44. Welcome to the Terrordome 245(1) 45. Springsteen and the Reagan Rules 246(5) 46. The Problem of Healing in the Hall of Mirrors 251(2) 47. The View from Black America 253(4) 48. The Way It Was and the Way It Is 257(3) 49. Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby 260(2) 50. Run-D.M.C. Negotiates the Mainstream 262(1) 51. "A Hero to Most": Elvis in the Eighties 263(8) 52. Megastardom and Its Discontents: Michael and Madonna 271(6) 53. Duke Ellington for Our Time: The Symbol Formerly Known as Prince 277(4) 54. West Africa Is in the House 281(3) 55. "Bring the Noise": The New School Rap Game 284(6) 56. "Know the Ledge": KRS-One, Rakim, and the Gangstas 290(7) 57. "Born in the U.S.A.": Springsteen and Race 297(10) Section Five: "Holler If Ya Hear Me": In the Nineties Mix 58. Wasteland of the Free 307(2) 59. American Dreaming 309(5) 60. C.R.E.A.M., or, Tupac on Death Row 314(5) 61. No More Drama: Mary" Blige and the Hip Hop Generation 319(11) 62. The Gospel Impulse Gets Crunk: OutKast and the Dirty South 330(8) 63. Ozomatli and the Myth of Purity: Notes on the Browning of America 338(10) 64. The Gospel Impulse (Remixed): Bruce Springsteen, Kirk Franklin, and Lauryn Hill 348(15) Notes 363(35) Play list 398(29) Index 427