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In celebration of #blackhistorymonth 
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Karl Hagstrom-Miller& #39;s "Segregating Sound"
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. @CharlesLHughes2& #39;s "Country Soul" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469633428/country-soul/">https://uncpress.org/book/9781...
Diane Pecknold& #39;s edited collection "Hidden in the Mix"
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1623/Hidden-in-the-MixThe-African-American-Presence-in">https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/boo...
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1623/Hidden-in-the-MixThe-African-American-Presence-in">https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/boo...
. @SShonekan& #39;s "Soul, Country, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture" https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137378095">https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9...
Tracey E. Laird wrote a phenomenal new chapter for the 50th Anniversary of Bill C. Malone& #39;s "Country Music, U.S.A." https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/malone-country-music-usa-50-anniversary">https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/mal...
Francesca Royster has a chapter on @Beyonce& #39;s collaboration with the @dixiechicks in Popular Music and the Politics of Hope https://www.routledge.com/Popular-Music-and-the-Politics-of-Hope-Queer-and-Feminist-Interventions/Fast-Jennex/p/book/9781138055896">https://www.routledge.com/Popular-M...
Olivia Carter Mathew has a chapter on "Race in Country Music Scholarship" in the Oxford Handbook of Country Music: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-country-music-9780190248178?cc=us&lang=en&">https://global.oup.com/academic/...
Jocelyn Neal has an article on Race in Country Fan Culture"
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There& #39;s so much brilliant writing on the on the integral role that Black artists have played in the development and evolution of country music.
The lack of Black voices on the radio/charts throughout history is not because of an absence of Black artists making country music...
The lack of Black voices on the radio/charts throughout history is not because of an absence of Black artists making country music...
...but a racist system made to keep Black artists at the margins of the genre. Learn about the origins of country music and get to know music by Black artists.
Keeps your eyes open for @Amammartinez& #39;s forthcoming dissertation and add to this list!
Keeps your eyes open for @Amammartinez& #39;s forthcoming dissertation and add to this list!
