The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable examples of the importance of the African American experience to the cultural heritage of all Americans, regardless of race or ...

The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable examples of the importance of the African American experience to the cultural heritage of all Americans, regardless of race or ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres ...

Elements can be heard in blues, gospel, jazz and Latin American music due to the historic ... but this did not prevent people of African descent from preserving their culture.

February is Black History Month which marks the return of a unique annual event in Music City, The Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture.

White teenagers were increasingly buying rhythm and blues (R&B) music by African American artists. The music had a strong rhythm and was easy to dance to, which appealed to them. The DJ Alan Freed ...

Aug. 31-Sept. 1: 15th Annual African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County - The African... This Labor Day ...

The Black Cultural Center provides purposeful, holistic, scholarly and cocurricular programming designed to strengthen understanding of African American heritage. It enhances the academic ... model ...