Kennedy's Blues
African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK
by Guido van Rijn
220 pages· 2007· ISBN 9781578069576
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"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, the March on Washington, and the groundbreaking civil rights bill all found their way into blues and gospel songs. The many blues numbers devoted to the assassination and the President's legacy are evidence of JFK's near-canonization by African Americans. Blues historian Guido van Rijn shows that John F. Kennedy became a mythical hero to blues songwriters despite what was left unaccomplished."--BOOK JACKET.
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