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Music and Dance Published By Black Americans in Decade: 2020s

  1. Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith
  2. My Life in the Purple Kingdom by BrownMark
  3. Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms by Kira Thurman
  4. I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life by B. Brian Foster
  5. The Blues: The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture by Chris Thomas King
  6. Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll by Maureen Mahon
  7. Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, a Movement, a Celebration by Judy Tyrus
  8. When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras by Claudrena N. Harold
  9. After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party by Noel Hankin
  10. The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J. Moore
  11. I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine White
  12. It’s No Wonder The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy by Dr. Margena A. Christian
  13. Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States by Matthew D. Morrison
  14. Supreme Sirens: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music by Marcellas Reynolds
  15. High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul by Marcus Moore
  16. Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions by Francesca Royster
  17. Edges of Ailey edited by Adrienne Edwards
  18. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
  19. Jazz Radio America by Aaron J. Johnson
  20. Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town by Langston Collin Wilkins
  21. Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic by Seth Neblett