Category: 801fafc2-0a5a-436d-8d04-8d5157688731

  • “Black Music Has Always Been America’s Music” It’s Our Remedy

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_76c9a81b63cb400492e2a6c8c87d4daf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_799,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="799" height="533" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">© Courtesy National Museum of African American Music</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">My dad hums when he is met with any physical or mental discomfort and in […]

  • The United States vs. Billie Holiday: The Life of Entertainers We Don’t Know

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_e6975db8407c4ee3b753bd4efe4d697e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1480,h_986,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1480" height="986" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Photo Credit: Getty Images - Getty</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Andra Day has stepped onto the big screen in the new film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Directed […]

  • Heaux Tales: A guide for Millennial Women

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto">By Jayden Pierce & Kenyatta Coleman</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_1fcf6564d7c646efb112f2649ff0322d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_713,h_475,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="713" height="475" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Photo Credit: Getty Images - Getty</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Jazmine Sullivan comes off a six-year hiatus to present Heaux Tales (“Heaux” […]

  • The Missing Genre in the Lost Decade: How did Neo-Soul Slip Through the Cracks?

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_1469a77b6ce24ebaa4c6bcb9b7004573~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1480,h_1257,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1480" height="1257" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">"India Arie" by p-duke is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Beginning with George W. Bush succeeding Bill Clinton, the Dot-com bubble burst, and […]

  • Techno Evolution

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_6187d783d97d492898cb1c709af4914b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1366,h_876,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1366" height="876" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Photo by Bill Bernstein</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Black people have a long documented history of working in automotive factories. Significantly in Detroit known as the motor […]

  • Blue Note Records Impact on African American Revolution

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_795aee6616ba46d8b2dc5bd821c772ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1067,h_1600,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="1067" height="1600" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Photo Credits to Oleg Magni</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">The American record label, Blue Note Records, is known for producing the new style of Jazz music, predominantly […]

  • The Live Entertainment Platform Made Through the Crisis of 2020

    <![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_871a75b13ced4624b89cf452052e2619~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_749,h_421,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="749" height="421" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Verzuz TV - Image from Daily Rap Facts</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Verzuz TV is a music entertainment platform where legendary musicians perform their greatest catalog of music against […]