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Black Music Month became African American Music Appreciation Month in 2009 by a proclamation from President Barack Obama. [4] In his 2016 proclamation, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have helped the country "to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country's enduring ...
Under the Obama Administration, Black Music Month was re-named African-American Music Appreciation Month but it's since gone back to its roots. Black Music Month "is an acknowledgement that Black music is an original American artform and has influence in almost every other American art form.
“During Black Music Month, we celebrate the Black artists and creatives whose work has so often been a tidal wave of change — not only by defining the American songbook and culture but also by ...
The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979.
Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United Kingdom and Ireland June: African-American Music Appreciation Month: 1979: December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa: 1966
Obama is taking a bold stand for music's continued importance by declaring June 2016 as 'African-American Music Appreciation Month.' Obama is taking a bold stand for music's continued importance ...
African-American Music Appreciation Month [30] [31] ALS Awareness Month (Canada) Caribbean-American Heritage Month [32] LGBTQ Pride Month; National PTSD Awareness Day [33] National Safety Month [34] National Smile Month (United Kingdom, May and June) Devotion to the Sacred Heart; Men's Mental Health Awareness
June is Black Music Month ... which was to highlight Black artists’ many contributions to American society and history, was cemented as a monthlong celebration by former President Jimmy Carter ...