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title Roosevelts Blues African-American Blues and Gospel Songs On FDR - photo 1

title:Roosevelt's Blues : African-American Blues and Gospel Songs On FDR American Made Music Series
author:Rijn, Guido van.
publisher:University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin:0878059385
print isbn13:9780878059386
ebook isbn13:9780585203089
language:English
subjectBlues (Music)--Political aspects, Gospel music--Political aspects, African Americans--Music--Political aspects, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945--Songs and music--History and criticism.
publication date:1997
lcc:ML3521.R55 1997eb
ddc:782.42/16431599
subject:Blues (Music)--Political aspects, Gospel music--Political aspects, African Americans--Music--Political aspects, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945--Songs and music--History and criticism.
Page i
Roosevelt's Blues
Page ii
American Made Music Series Advisory Board
David Evans, General Editor
Barry Jean Ancelet
Edward A. Berlin
Joyce J. Bolden
Rob Bowman
Susan C. Cook
Curtis Ellison
William Ferris
Michael Harris
John Edward Hasse
Kip Lornell
Frank McArthur
W. K. McNeil
Bill Malone
Eddie S. Meadows
Manuel H. Pea
Wayne D. Shirley
Robert Walser
Charles Wolfe
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Roosevelt's Blues
African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR
Guido van Rijn
University Press of Mississippi Jackson
Page iv
Copyright 1997 by the University Press of Mississippi
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
00 99 98 97 4 3 2 1
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the
Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on
Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Van Rijn, Guido.
Roosevelt's blues: African-American blues and gospel songs on FDR / Guido van Rijn.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ), discography, and index.
ISBN 0-87805-937-7 (cloth: alk. paper).ISBN 0-87805-938-5 (paper: alk. paper)
I. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945Songs and musicHistory
and criticism. 2. Blues (Music)TextsHistory and criticism. 3. Gospel music
TextsHistory and criticism. 1. Title.
ML3521.V36 1996
782.42'16431599dc20 9624693
CIP
MN
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available
Page v
In memory of
my father
Page vii
Contents
Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xv
The President, Sittin' on His Throne
3
Hard Time in Hooverville
16
FDR and Blacks
30
I Got to Go to That Red Cross Store
43
CWA, You're the Best Pal We Ever Knew
66
Got a Job on the WPA
80
Sylvester and His Mule Blues
96
Don't Take Away My PWA
105
The Sales Tax Is on It
110
When the Soldiers Get Their Bonus
115
The "Scottsboro Boys"
131
Uncle Sam Is Calling
139
Pearl Harbor Blues
151
Hitler and Hell
167
Win the War
182
Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt
193
Conclusion
205
Notes
213
Bibliography
245
Discography
260

Page viii
Song Index
267
Artist Index
273
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