Black like this: race, generation, and rock in the post-civil rights era

In this article, I demonstrate that the intersection of race, class, genera tion, and education had a decisive impact on African American rock musician s who came of age during the post-civil rights era from the late 1960s to t he present. By analyzing life stories, I connect rock musicians' experience s with school desegregation to the position they occupy between black and w hite mainstreams and discuss how they critique discourses of black authenti city through the identities and practices they have produced as members of the Black Rock Coalition. I also consider the effects of racism and raciali zing discourses on this group of African Americans.