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A biography of E. Azalia Smith Hackley, 1867-1922, African-American singer and social activist

Title: A biography of E. Azalia Smith Hackley, 1867-1922, African-American singer and social activist / Lisa Pertillar Brevard.
Author: Brevard, Lisa Pertillar.
Publication: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

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Description

viii, 389 pages : music; 24 cm.

Summary

"Madame E. Azalia Hackley was an African American classical singer, social worker, writer, philanthropist, and activist who championed the use of African-American spirituals among the African-American people as a tool for social change. Her efforts laid the groundwork for the use of spirituals as freedom songs during the Civil Rights Movement.
This work used newspaper accounts and archive studies documenting Madame Hackley's tours cross-country and abroad to raise funds for African-American classical musicians. It shows Hackley's intense devotion to her African-American roots, as she easily could have passed for white. Nevertheless, she traveled throughout the South in 'Jim Crow' railway cars by choice.
This work also recovers several of her influential published works, including A Guide to Voice Culture (1909); The Colored Girl Beautiful (1916); an etiquette book for African-American women desiring professional jobs; and "Hints to Young Colored Artists", a series of articles designed to help young African-American classical musicians succeed. Includes illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Black studies ; v. 14

Uniform Title

Black studies ; v. 14.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

ISBN

0773475753

LCCN

00046564

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries