{"product_id":"9781846975844","title":"Hey America! : The Epic Story of Black Music and the White House","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Cosgrove, Stuart \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 August 2022 by Birlinn General (Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 368 pages, b\/w throughout\u003cbr\u003e162 x 244 x 35 | 678g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the untold story of black music – its triumph over racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political anxiety – told through the perspective of the most powerful office in the world: from Louis Armstrong's spat with President Eisenhower and Eartha Kitt's stormy encounter with Lady Bird Johnson to James Brown's flirtation with Nixon, Reaganomics and the 'Cop Killer' scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving, insightful and wide-ranging, Hey America! charts the evolution of sixties soul from the margins of American society to the mainstream, culminating in the rise of urban hip-hop and the dramatic stand-off between Donald Trump and the Black Lives Matter movement. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45870829830403,"sku":"9781846975844","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781846975844_80ca3b50-5554-4f43-b2c1-e05b44a2e740.jpg?v=1731411126","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781846975844","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}