Can't Stand Still: Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance

by Michael K. Johnson and Michael K. Johnson

Book Overview

Born in 1893 into the only African American family in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Emmanuel Taylor Gordon (1893-1971) became an internationally famous singer in the 1920s at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. With his musical partner, J. Rosamond Johnson, Gordon was a crucially important figure in popularizing African American spirituals as an art form, giving many listeners their first experience of black spirituals.

Despite his fame,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496821963
• ISBN13: 9781496821966
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"