See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material ...

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To mark Black History Month – as well as the Chineke ... for works that defiantly affirmed his identity as an African American gay man. Although he died homeless and all but forgotten in ...

For centuries the world of classical music has been a somewhat one-sided story, with some brilliant music written by Black ...

What started as an audience listening to the history of African influence on Caribbean percussion ended as a band playing ...

and the impact of African music on the earliest forms of African American music. Two 90-minute lectures. A comparative approach to African political systems. The meanings of the concepts of ...

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Understanding the history of African Americans is crucial to understanding the history of America. The experiences of African Americans have shaped many aspects of the United States. These lesson ...

The only museum in Sacramento showcasing African American history is in jeopardy of closing after losing critical grant ...

The first major twenty-first century history of four hundred years of black writing, The Cambridge History of African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the literary traditions, ...

Our department prides itself on the diversity of disciplines represented by our faculty, which include anthropology, creative arts, economics, history, literature, music, politics and more. In ...

According to Nicka Sewell-Smith, Ancestry’s Senior Story Producer and a genealogist, “The truth is, family history research can be challenging for African Americans because of U.S. slavery and ...