Download or read book Don't Deny My Name written by Lorenzo Thomas and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains essays which explore the interrelationships among African American music, literature, and popular culture. This book first lays out the case for the blues as constituting a body of literature, and then offers a tour of the movement through classic jazz, bop, and the explosions of the free jazz era, followed by a section on R & B and Soul.