{"product_id":"the-memoirs-of-alton-augustus-adams-sr-first-black-bandmaster-of-the-united-states-navy-volume-12-hardcover","title":"The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy Volume 12 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlton Augustus Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Clague\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSamuel Floyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlton Augustus Adams, Sr., was a musician, writer, hotelier, and the first black bandmaster of the United States Navy. Born in the Virgin Islands in 1889, Adams joined the U.S. military in 1917. Although naval policy at the time restricted blacks to menial jobs, Adams and his all-black ensemble provided a bridge between the local population and their all-white naval administrators. His memoirs, edited by Mark Clague, with a foreword by Samuel Floyd, Jr., reveal an inspired activist who believed music could change the world, mitigate racism, and bring prosperity to his island home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlton Augustus Adams Sr.\u003c\/b\u003e was a bandmaster and civic leader in the Virgin Islands in the first half of the twentieth century. \u003cb\u003eMark Clague\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Musicology, American Culture, and African American Studies at the University of Michigan. \u003cb\u003eSamuel Floyd Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is Director Emeritus of the Center for Black Music Research and series editor for Music of the African Diaspora, UC Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.11 x 6.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51820038488352,"sku":"9780520251311","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eb92c4c302dd55823785c680f20f4757.webp?v=1781145154","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-memoirs-of-alton-augustus-adams-sr-first-black-bandmaster-of-the-united-states-navy-volume-12-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}