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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Right to Sing the Blues


Introduction: The Languages of Black-Jewish Relations

"Yiddle on Your Fiddle": The Culture of Black-Jewish Relations

"I Used to Be Color Blind": The Racialness of Jewish Men

"Swanee Ripples": From Blackface to White Negro

"Lift Ev'ry Voice": African American Music and the Nation

"Melancholy Blues": Making Jews Sacred in African American Music

Epilogue: The Lasting Power of "Black-Jewish Relations"

Notes

Index