The Soul of Rock 'N Roll: A History of African Americans in Rock Music

THE SOUL of ROCK 'N ROLL is a history of African Americans in Rock Music. And it examines and exemplifies the careers of over 50 top pioneering African American performers such as...

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Big Mama Thornton
Muddy Waters
B.B. King
Bo Diddley
John Lee Hooker
Ray Charles
Ike & Tina Turner

Aretha Franklin
Smokey Robinson
The Supremes
The Temptations
Otis Redding
Jackie Wilson
Sam Cooke
James Brown
Richie Havens
Taj Mahal
Jimi Hendrix

Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Roberta Flack
The Jackson 5
Earth Wind & Fire
The Isley Brothers
George Clinton
Bootsy Collins
The Commodores
The Ohio Players
Gil Scott-Heron
Curtis Mayfield
Isaac Hayes
Al Green
Barry White
The Brothers Johnson
Bill Withers
Billy Preston
Sly Stone
Rick James

Michael Jackson
Prince
Sheila E.
Narada Michael Walden
Whitney Houston
RUN DMC
Living Colour
Fishbone
24-7 SPYZ
Bad Brains
Sound Barrier

Janet Jackson
Lenny Kravitz
Tracy Chapman
Ice-T
Darius Rucker
Lauryn Hill
Michael Franti
Me’Shell Ndege’Ocello
Ben Harper
Alana Davis

.... And explores their impact on multicultural awareness, civil rights activism, social-economic improvement, social-academic achievement, and multicultural acceptance, while creating and inspiring the completely original American musical art form called Rock ‘N Roll!