Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction Making Soundwaves 1
6. 1 Jazz en liberté 17
7. 2 Writing black, talking back 43
8. 3 Spinning race 71
9. 4 Speaking in tongues 103
10. 5 The voice of America 133
11. 6 Liberation revisited 161
12. Epilogue 195
13. Notes 201
14. Sources 251
15. Index 283