“But Amen is the Price:” James Baldwin and Ray Charles in “The Hallelujah Chorus”

Based on a recent, archival discovery of the script, “But Amen is the Price” is the first substantive writing about James Baldwin’s collaboration with Ray Charles, Cicely Tyson, and others in a performance of musical and dramatic pieces. Titled by Baldwin, “The Hallelujah Chorus” was performed in tw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ed Pavlić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2015-09-01
Series:James Baldwin Review
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Online Access:https://jbr.openlibrary.manchester.ac.uk/index.php/jbr/article/view/2