Midnight Ramble concerns Black Hollywood from the period just after World War I through the 1940s. It considers everything from the low budget, independent Race movies of Oscar Micheaux to major studio productions. It’s a tribute to a very misunderstood,
He viewed himself as a sort of expert in Black History and Culture. In 1980 he earned a Master's Degree in Black Studies at the Africana Studies and Research Center of Cornell University. So when he was asked on the T. V. quiz show to name the first
Rhino Records and Lifetime Learning Systems are pleased to present you with this exciting educational program, Black History in Music: Songs Of A People. Through the activities in this program, your students can enrich their knowledge of some of the great
Because black leaders have ignored the early years of black-music development, others have come into the black community and have established a foothold before them. Even during slavery, whites were dissing black folks by the back-handed compliment of min
The musical capacity of the negro race has been recognized for so many years that it is hard to explain why no systematic effort has hitherto been made to collect and preserve their melodies.
Authentic African music - the traditional music of the black peoples of Africa - is little known abroad. The non-African listener can find the music strange, difficult, and unattractive; and therefore often concludes that it is not of interest.
Founded in 1976, Separate Cinema has, for over two decades, been the only source dedicated to the art and fascinating history of African Americans in film.
Charley Pride gets tired of speaking for black artists in country music. And real tired of race-based questions. "I would hope that there would come a point where we'd have to cease asking those kinds of questions of people like myself," s
