{"product_id":"move-on-up-chicago-soul-music-and-black-cultural-power-paperback","title":"Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Book of 2019, Notable Chicago Reads \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Arts Book of 2019 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNo Depression\u003c\/i\u003e Top Music Book of 2019 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, soul music in its heyday from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. In \u003ci\u003eMove On Up\u003c\/i\u003e, Aaron Cohen tells the remarkable story of the explosion of soul music in Chicago. Together, soul music and black-owned businesses thrived. Record producers and song-writers broadcast optimism for black America's future through their sophisticated, jazz-inspired productions for the Dells and many others. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like \"We're a Winner\" and \"I Plan to Stay a Believer.\" Musicians like Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged racism and segregation, while Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chaka Khan created music that inspired black consciousness. Soul music also accompanied the rise of African American advertisers and the campaign of Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington, in 1983. This empowerment was set in stark relief by the social unrest roiling in Chicago and across the nation: as Chicago's homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom, Chicago's black middle class faced limited economic opportunities and deep-seated segregation, all against a backdrop of nationwide deindustrialization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on more than one hundred interviews and a music critic's passion for the unmistakable Chicago soul sound, Cohen shows us how soul music became the voice of inspiration and change for a city in turmoil.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e covers the arts for numerous publications and teaches English, journalism, and humanities at the City Colleges of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAretha Franklin's \"Amazing Grace\".\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755497546061,"sku":"9780226653037","price":49.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/MnVUT1NRYzMwMTBOOXlPVnlvM1lXZz09.webp?v=1776719116","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/move-on-up-chicago-soul-music-and-black-cultural-power-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}