Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Jim Crow, Economics, and the Politics of Musicianship -- 3 Modernism, Race, and Aesthetics -- 4 Africa, the Cold War, and the Diaspora at Home -- 5 Activism and Fund-Raising from Freedom Now to the Freedom Rides -- 6 Activism and Fund-Raising from Birmingham to Black Power -- 7 The Debate Within: White Backlash, the New Thing, and Economics -- 8 Aesthetic Agency, Self-Determination, and the Spiritual Quest -- 9 Coda -- Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix B: Interviews, Archival Sources, and Recordings -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.