Music & Arts
Billboard Magazine Used to Refer to R&B Songs as “Race Records”
In the beginning of the record industry's history, music was primarily marketed…
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This Choreographer Taught the Temptations and Other Motown Acts How to Dance
The Temptations is one of the most successful and important groups of Motown Record…
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Aretha Franklin Was a Teen Mom at Age 13 — But She Still Became the Queen of Soul!
Aretha Franklin, also known as the Queen of Soul, is considered to be one of the gr…
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Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe — The Black Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll Music!
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, famous in the 1930s for her upbeat electric guitar playing s…
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The Truth About Black People and Country Music — We Created It!
The global success of rapper Lil Nas X's hip hop country song "Old Town Road…
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5 Showstopping Musicals with Black Leading Roles
There is something so captivating about sinking into your seat at a theater and wat…
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Striking a Chord: The History of Blues Music
The musical genre of the blues has been around for as long as any of us can remembe…
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4 Black Artists Whose Works Have Been in Museums
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, some might say that art is one of the gr…
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A Stitch in Time: 4 Black Designers Who Made Fashion History
Ann Lowe designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress in 1953 Fashion designing is …
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Selma Burke’s Portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is What You See on the U.S. Dime!
Selma Burke (born December 31, 1900) was an American sculptor and educator who is b…
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That Time Tom Joyner Interviewed Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye is an American musical legend, responsible for some of the most iconic Mo…
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Harry Belafonte Was the First Recording Artist to Reach More Than One Million in LP Sales
Born March 1, 1927 in Harlem, Harry Belafonte is one of the best known African Amer…
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9 Reasons Why MC Lyte Is Still Relevant and Is Especially Loved by Black Women
MC Lyte first gained prominence as a rapper in the 1980's with the release of h…
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Beethoven, the Most Famous Classical Musician of All Time, Was... a Black Man!
Ludwig Van Beethoven is arguably the most famous and well known classical musician …
