This Is Rhythm - Ella Jenkins, Childrens Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement

"99-year-old Ella Jenkins was a pioneer in American children's music and an early practitioner of what became known as multiculturalism. Here Gayle Wald, with unparalleled access to Jenkins's papers, documents not just Jenkins's life but the influence of her music among musicians and also educational institutions, including Chicago's South Parkway YMCA, where Jenkins taught music and dance. She became a fixture and touchstone of the folk music scene, putting out dozens of albums and performing worldwide. Her story illuminates the cultural history of Chicago and of postwar America, tying together musical history, gay and lesbian studies, racial and musical lineages, and more"--

About the author

Gayle F. Wald is professor of American studies at George Washington University. She is the author of three previous books, including Shout, Sister, Shout!, the acclaimed biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and It's Been Beautiful, a study of the groundbreaking Black Power TV program Soul!

Product details

• Authors: Gayle F Wald, Gayle F. Wald
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2025
• EAN: 9780226824819
• ISBN: 978-0-226-82481-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Biography: general, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Children's, Biography: arts & entertainment, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black