I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway by Greg Kot

I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway

Greg Kot

320 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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This is the untold story of living legend Mavis Staples—lead singer of the Staple Singers and a major figure in the music that shaped the civil rights era. One of the most enduring artists of popular music, Mavis and her talented family fused gosp...

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