Frank O. Etheridge: Musician of the African Diaspora

This is a book by and about Frank O. Etheridge, an African-American musician from an age of cultural explosion. This manuscript, published for the first time, will be accompanied by editorial commentary written by Professor Ben Vinson III, and will be of great interest to students and scholars of African American history.

Ben Vinson III is the Provost and Executive Vice President of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the Dean of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University, and has held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, Penn State University, and Barnard College. He is currently the Vice President for Research of the American Historical Association, as well as the President of the Conference of Latin American History. He is the Chairman of Board for the National Humanities Center. He is known primarily for his work on the African Diaspora and the African presence in Mexico.