The Black History series brings together a wide range of events and experiences from the past to promote knowledge and understanding of black culture today. This book looks at the influences and key movements in the development of black artists and their work across the generations.

 

This book is part of a book series called Black History .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Dan Lyndon has been teaching for over 15 years, and is former head of history at Henry Compton School, London. He is a member of the Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA).

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: The music of Africa
• 3: Music and slavery
• 4: The actor - Ira Aldridge
• 5: The composer - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• 6: Images of black people in art
• 7: The Harlem Renaissance
• 8: The London scene
• 9: Writing the Civil Rights Movement
• 10: Motown
• 11: Jimi Hendrix
• 12: The reggae beat
• 13: Dub poets - Kwesi-Johnson, Zephaniah
• 14: Punk and two-tone
• 15: From hip hop to dubstep
• 16: Contemporary writers, artists and musicians
• 17: Timeline
• 18: Websites and Bibliography