1940s: Music
The variety of music that was introduced to Americans during the Depression (1929–41) continued to evolve during the 1940s. Blues became electrified and transformed into rhythm and...
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Blues
Blues music emerged in the early twentieth century in the United States as one of the most distinctive and original of American musical forms. It is an African American creation and, like its di...
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The hardships and upheavals of the African Americans were the basis of the creation of the blues. Since the beginning of the slave trade in America in 1619, blacks have been treated unjustly. O...
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1940s: Music
Blues
