The Color Line: Les Artistes Africains-américains Et La Ségrégation 1916-1962Various ArtistsAlbumGenre: World MusicDescription: The color line has long dominated relations between Blacks Whites and mixed race and often still does. Abolished in 1966 in the USA racial segregation was widely evoked in African-American musics inspiring masterpieces of dignity humour resistance and spirituality. Work songs blackface minstrels negro spirituals calypso jazz blues rock and gospel gave a beat to these intensely creative expressions. In partnership with the MusEe du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac on the occasion of The Color Line exhibition in Paris Bruno Blum tells the story of these 59 titles from the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil-Rights movement in a 24-page booklet. Patrick FREMEAUX
