Duke ellington and a cast of hundreds put the buoyant spirit of the era on stage with their 1941 musical revue jump for joy a title that captured the momentum and direction of the new culture of exuberance several highprofile public victories accompanied this increasing optimism the spectacular successes of african american athletes at the 1936 olympics the 1937 union victory of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters and joe louiss 1937 and 1938 heavyweight championship fights for . Jump for joy jazz basketball and black culture in 1930s america caponi tabery gena isbn 9781558496620 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Jump for joy is a remarkable book an example of cultural studies as well as a history of dominant motifs in african american and us culture before the civil. In jump for joy jazz basketball black culture in 1930s america gena caponi tabery argues that african americans used music dance and sports as effective forms of resis tance to the challenges found in american society during the first half of the twentieth century specifically it was the development of swing music in the midwest with band leaders like count basie that coincided with the creation of dances such as the lindy hop that would be responsible for transforming and . Download citation jump for joy jazz basketball and black culture in 1930s america if the 1930s was the swing era then the years from 1937 on might well be called the jump era that summer