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They went from being a mostly rural population to one that was mostly urban. "The migration of African Americans from the rural south to the urban north became a mass movement." [16] The Great Migration radically transformed Chicago, both politically and culturally. [17] From 1910 to 1940, most African Americans who migrated north were from ...
Archibald Motley painting Blues (1929). The Chicago Black Renaissance (also known as the Black Chicago Renaissance) was a creative movement that blossomed out of the Chicago Black Belt on the city's South Side and spanned the 1930s and 1940s before a transformation in art and culture took place in the mid-1950s through the turn of the century.
Arthur Bernard Leaner (June 30, 1908 – September 6, 1978), who was known professionally as Al Benson, was an American radio DJ, music promoter and record label owner in Chicago between the 1940s and 1960s. He was particularly significant for his promotion of rhythm and blues music and black involvement in the recording industry in Chicago. [1]
The Club DeLisa, [2] also written Delisa or De Lisa, was an African-American nightclub and music venue in Chicago, Illinois.Located at 5521 South State Street (State Street and Garfield Avenue, on the South Side), it was possibly the most prestigious venue in the city. [3]
African-American Flag was also included in the video; the piece was created by David Hammons in 1990 to represent the marginalization of African-American artists and is seen as a symbol of black liberation. [23] Portions of the video were filmed in Ghana, with the Ghanaian chapter of the film being led by director Joshua Kissi.
Beyoncé. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Beyoncé continues to be a trailblazer as she became the first Black woman to have a No. 1 hit country song. Billboard revealed on Tuesday, February ...
OPINION: A lot of country music fans are mad about Beyoncé's new song, claiming it isn't "country." Let's look at all the ways "Texas Hold 'Em" is a country song. The post Is Beyoncé’s ...
The Regal Theater was a night club, theater, and music venue, popular among African Americans, located in the Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The theater was designed by Edward Eichenbaum, [2] and opened in February 1928. It closed in 1968 and was demolished in 1973.