Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power

Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. The Dells. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, the explosion of Chicago soul from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like "We're a Winner" and "I Plan to Stay a Believer." Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged...