Respect yourself : Stax Records and the soul explosion
Gordon, Robert, 1961-2015
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The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a monument to racial harmony in blighted south Memphis during the civil rights movement. Their success soon pits the siblings against each other, and the brother abandons his sister for a visionary African-American partner. Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, the heights they achieve result in their tragic demise. They fall, losing everything, and the sanctuary they created is torn to the ground.
Main title:
Respect yourself : Stax Records and the soul explosion / Robert Gordon.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Collation:
480 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781608194162 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.76178338.761780976819782.421644
Local class:
782.451644
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2214623