Prior to the emergence of rhythm & blues as a musical genre in the 1940s, "race music" and "race records" were terms used to categorize practically all types of African-American music. Race records were the first...

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Philadelphia Tribune, The 06-04-2002 June marks Black Music Month, a time to salute the ingenuity and diversity of African-American music. The month-long celebration is a time to pay tribute to Black American music from spirituals and gospels, jazz and the blues, rhythm...

Baltimore Afro-American 02-16-2001 Music: A tradition in African-American worship The music of Africans natives sold into slavery was comprised of work songs, cries, hollers, rhyme songs and spirituals. This music, as unique as the people, provided a means of effectively pacing their...

Those artists and others will mingle and serve lunch to guest donors at the International Association of African American Music Foundation to host a fundraiser luncheon to benefit hurricane victims on September 24 from 11:30 am to 4 pm at New York City's Negril Village...

This film dives into this offshoot of hip hop culture that comes complete with its own language, rituals, and rites of passage.The narrative of Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme follows the career arc of MC Supernatural, one of the first phenomenons in freestyle rapping. It's...

Desribes the various forms of black music and its impact on the African-American experience.