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African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres ... 50 Cent in 2006. 50 Cent was one of the most popular African-American rappers of ...
Drummers at the funeral of jazz musician Danny Barker in 1994. They include Louis Cottrell, (great-grandson of New Orleans' innovative drumming pioneer, Louis Cottrell, Sr. and grandson of New Orleans clarinetist Louis Cottrell, Jr.) of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, far right; Louis "Bicycle Lewie" Lederman of the Down & Dirty Brass band, second from right.
The Last Miles of the Way: African-American Homegoing Traditions, 1890-present : Exhibition Dates, June 4, 1989-December 1, 1989. South Carolina State Museum. "When it's all over: African American homegoing celebrations". University of Wisconsin--Madison. 1996.
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Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [1] [2] collection of spirituals to be published. The collectors of the songs were Northern abolitionists William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison, and Charles Pickard Ware. [3]
"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual.Its roots date back to before the American Civil War, [1] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company. [2]
The 2015 song by Janelle Monáe "Hell You Talmbout" invokes the names of African-American people—including Emmett Till—who died as a result of encounters with law enforcement or racial violence. In 2016 artist Dana Schutz painted Open Casket , a work based on photographs of Till in his coffin as well as on an account by Till's mother of ...
Pages in category "African-American spiritual songs" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...