Description: A critical study that highlights a new perspective of the long-buried and forgotten songs of resistance
Brief description: Mat Callahan is author or editor of five books, including The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965-1975 and A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property. His recent projects include the republication of Songs of Freedom: The James Connolly Songbook; the recording and publication of Working-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in Song; and Songs of Slavery and Emancipation, an audio recording, film, and book, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi. Find more information about the author at http: //www.matcallahan.com.
Review Quotes: Mat Callahan's carefully documented and richly interpreted book is the first modern comprehensive compilation of the musical archive of Black resistance to slavery and abolition. I cannot praise this labor of scholarly passion and conscience enough. It is a game changer in the histories of musicology and abolition.--Manisha Sinha, author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition