One Nation Under a Groove. (book reviews)
Nation, The, July, 1995 by Williams, Mary Elizabeth
Gerald Early and Motown, together at last in One Nation Under a Groove, seem as inevitable and harmonious a coupling as Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Early, after all, is never so much at home as when he's grappling with the complexities of identity, assimilation and crossing over--issues that dominate the history of Motown. His previous work, including Tuxedo Junction and last year's National Book Critics Circle Award-winning The Culture of Bruising, teemed with meaty, plain-spoken musings on such topics as prizefighting, jazz and the Miss America pageant. Just wait, you think, till he gets his hands on Hitsville.
A teacher of African-American studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Early understands that, just as we do no justice to contemporary American...
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