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  1. Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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    • Grammy Award, Album Liner Notes, James Brown Star Time Box Set, 1991
  2. Aug 11, 2023 · Nelson George, Author and Filmmaker: This was the '70s, where people say the famous headline Daily News: Ford to City, Drop Dead. There was a huge outflux, white flight out of the Bronx,...

    • 8 min
    • Amna Nawaz,Anne Azzi Davenport,Karina Cuevas,Courtney Norris
  3. An Essentially American Narrative. Nelson George discusses the film “12 Years a Slave” with its director, Steve McQueen; the artist Kara Walker; the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor; and the historian ...

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    Nelson George is an established author and filmmaker with a passion for telling stories of the black experience in America. George is the author of several ground breaking histories of African American music, including Where Did Our Love Go: the Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound, The Death of Rhythm & Blues and Hip Hop America.

  6. Apr 15, 2009 · Excerpt: 'City Kid'. Growing up in a housing project in Brooklyn in the 1960s and '70s, Nelson George devoured Ernest Hemmingway novels... And album liner notes. In his memoir, City Kid, he...

  7. Mar 16, 2021 · Noone has articulated the nuances of hip hops emergence like Nelson George. In this episode Adrian Younge and Nelson discuss black popular culture and the consciousness of the African Diaspora...

    • Mar 16, 2021
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    • Jazz Is Dead
  8. Nov 28, 2023 · Music journalist Nelson George was one of the first writers to document the rise of DJ Kool Herc's new hip-hop movement coming out of New York City . His writing...

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