AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MUSIC

JUNE
African-American Music,
Appreciation Month
Black Music Month
Month of black music

Celebrating
Black
Music
Month
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/celebrating-black-music-month

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC LINKS

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SECTION 1

AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MUSIC

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all
of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task.
African American influences are so fundamental to American music
that there would be no American music without them.

African American Music
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/african-american-music

Roots of African
American Music
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/african-american-music/roots-of-african-american-music

Musical Crossroads:
African American
Influence on Music
https://music.si.edu/story/musical-crossroads

Music
Forward
Foundation
https://musicforwardfoundation.org/

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African
American
Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_music

Black
Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_music

Music of the
African
diaspora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_African_diaspora

List of musical
genres of the
African diaspora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_genres_of_the_African_diaspora

Music
of
Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Africa

The
Last
Poets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Poets

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SECTION 2

AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MUSIC
LINKS

5 Music Genres You Didn’t Know
Were Created by Black People
https://www.vibe105to.com/tuned-in/5-music-genres-you-didnt-know-were-created-by-black-people

15 Essential Songs you Must Listen to for
African-American Music Appreciation Month
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/blog/15-essential-songs-must-listen-african-american-music-appreciation-month/

1619 Project Reading List:
Black Popular Music
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/1619-project-reading-list-black-popular-music/

African American Gospel
https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/ritual-and-worship/african-american-gospel

African American music
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/African_American_music

African-American musicians
https://m.famousfix.com/list/african-american-musicians

African American Roots and
Influences in Country Music
https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/african-american-roots-influences-video-gallery/ken-burns-country-music/

African American Song
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197451

The African Roots of All
Popular American Musical Styles
https://spinditty.com/genres/The-African-Roots-of-All-American-Popular-Musical-Styles

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BLACK MUSIC HISTORY:
YEARS OF MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT
https://blog.audionetwork.com/the-edit/music/black-music-history

Black Music Scholar
The Evolution of African American Music
https://blackmusicscholar.com/

Exploring the History of Black Music
https://musicforwardfoundation.org/news/exploring-the-history-of-black-music-month/

The History Of African American Music
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/history-african-american-music

History Worth Knowing:
Here Are 10 Facts About Black Music History
https://www.buzzfeed.com/lashauntamoore/black-music-history-facts

How Black Artists Influenced Today’s Music
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/history-black-music

HOW BLACK PEOPLE CREATED
ALL YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC
https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/black-music-genres/

How Black People Created
Every Music Genre in America
https://vincedixonportfolio.com/app/black-music-history/

Music Online:
African American Music Reference
https://search.alexanderstreet.com/aamr

National Museum of African American Music
https://www.nmaam.org/

Rhythm and Blues
https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/popular-songs-of-the-day/rhythm-and-blues/

Timeline of African American Music
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Articles/2022/01/11/Timeline-of-African-American-Music

The Top 12 Bar Blues Songs for Practice
https://beginnerguitarhq.com/12-bar-blues-songs/

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Encyclopaedia
Africana
Project
http://endarkenment.com/eap/

400
YEARS OF
INEQUALITY
http://www.400yearsofinequality.org/

Celebrating
African American
Culture & History
Black History Month
http://guides.hmcpl.org/c.php?g=790427&p=5657381

Racial Equity
Resource Guide
http://www.racialequityresourceguide.org/organizations/organizations/sectionFilter/Racial%20Healing

Understanding
Prejudice
https://secure.understandingprejudice.org/

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Equal Justice
Initiative
https://eji.org/

The Collective
Black People Movement
(CBPM)
http://cbpm.org/index.html

TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE
https://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/

A Gathering
of Readers
https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gathread/index.html

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Malawi
Project
http://www.malawiproject.org/

Afro Kids
http://www.afrokids.com/

THE FREEMAN
INSTITUTE
http://www.freemaninstitute.com/

Africa
Resource
http://www.africaresource.com/

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Real History
World Wide
http://www.realhistoryww.com/

Quatr.us
http://quatr.us/

African-American
Resources
http://www.ushistory.org/more/african-american.htm

African American
Studies Library
Research Guide
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/aframer.htm

African Music
Encyclopedia
http://africanmusic.org/

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AFROPEDEA
http://www.afropedia.org

World Afropedia
http://worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Main_Page

African
Indigenous Science
and Knowledge Systems
http://www.africahistory.net/

Natives Wiki
http://tribalspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Natives_Wiki

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Islamic Wiki
http://islam.wikia.com/

Sexism
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/

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