Under the Obama Administration, Black Music Month was re-named African-American Music Appreciation Month but it's since gone back to its roots. Black Music Month "is an acknowledgement that Black ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979.

Ohio Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts. The 2024 theme is "African Americans and the Arts" spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had ...

Many church families, especially among the African Americans, continue to make the special baptismal robes and headgear. The music of north Louisiana reflects its cultural roots. Gospel music is ...

Later this month, Jones was set to receive an honorary ... Being a music historian, [my colleagues and I] talk a lot about that in African American music, no genre is completely new.

Music played a key role in African American religious life ... song was deleted from the Bard Festival program. And within the month, Victor and Daniel announced they would be taking an indefinite ...

US Black History Month is critical to telling the ... methods seen in American cuisine today. Jazz music, which originated from African American communities created a uniquely American genre ...

Pioneering producer, film composer and music industry titan achieved a number of ‘firsts’ over a seven-decade career ...

During November—Native American Heritage Month—the ... with the magical music and dance interpretations of Pamyua. Brothers Stephen and Phillip Blanchett, of Yup’ik and African American ...

October marks Black History Month in the UK ... especially since the 2020 death of unarmed African American man George Floyd. The event was the brainchild of Carter G Woodson, known as the ...

The scope of the collections is equally staggering and covers nearly every facet of our nation's history—from the history of the Institution itself to the history of American, African American, and ...

How Black artists helped make country music what it is today How Black artists helped make country music what it is today ...