* Intense focus on the emergence of a new, post-Civil Rights Movement black identity
* Offers an alternative history and musicology of the Black Power Movement
* Defines Black Power Music - a musical and political reality
* Explores the intense interconnections between black popular culture and black political culture
* Essential reading for all students engaged in black popular music studies, African American studies, popular culture studies, ethnic studies as well as sociology, ethnomusicology and political science.