Prior to the American Revolution, enslaved Africans would showcase their visual artistry through crafts such as sweetgrass basket weaving and sang spirituals which would become the country’s first contributions to music. Musicians such as Robert Johnson, McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield and Riley ...
Any of several forms of popular music that combine various African music styles with elements of Western popular music, often with electronically amplified instrumentation. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Africanize (redirected fromAfricanized) Related to Africanized:Africanized bee Af·ri·can·ize (ăf′rĭ-kə-nīz′) v.Af·ri·can·ized,Af·ri·can·iz·ing,Af·ri·can·iz·es v.tr. 1.To make African or cause to have African characteristics, ...
He has blazed a trail for future generations, his influence and impact clear as a bell in Hollywood. Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA Also ranks #4 on Every Oscar-Winning Black Actor, Ranked By Screen Presence Also ranks #34 on The Greatest Black Actors In Film History Also ranks #47...
World War II had an indelible impact on African Americans when they saw that race greatly affected their treatment in the military while answering the patriotic call like white Americans. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s had the greatest influence on African American creative expression as ...
education should conform to the social conditions of black people. Black colleges began to add courses in black history to their curricula; this corresponded with the call by black college students for a culturally relevant curriculum, a theme that reoccurred later with greater political influence. ...
Issue of the magazine American Museum containing an address on slavery by Benjamin Franklin. Lot 39 Thomas Clarkson. An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade. Lot 40 Address of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Society, to the Citizens of the United States. Lot...
In a way, she really leaves a ___ influence on them. Her head teacher feels proud of her, saying, “A man is never too old to learn. She does ___ it!”【1】A.exercisingB.teachingC.performingD.schooling【2】A.come outB.brought outC.missed outD.left out【3】A.youngerB.shorter...
I hope the reader will not think I have trespassed on his patience in introducing myself to him,with some account of the manners and customs of my country.They had been implanted in me with great care,and made an impression on my mind,which time could not erase,and which all the adver...
Being of the African American persuasion I had found myself in the minority a lot when in the world of Bluegrass. To my knowledge (at the time) there were not any other African Americans involved in Bluegrass Music. In the field of Country Music there was always Charley Pride, but not ...