African-American music

women is, “An African American female who has been exposed to many players, liars, manipulators and cheats that her original gentle loving, caring, nurturing , spirit has been diminished to a blackened heart, hard exterior and bitter disposition at times to the point of no recovery,” (urban dictionary 2017). This definition time and time again has diminished black women and their accomplishments to just being angry and bitter. This has also set forth a stereotype of African American Women and…

of a color television, and now having an African-American president. While growing up in the country my grandmother didn’t have a lot of new technology, because they couldn’t afford it. In her pre-teen and teen years they did have a radio where they would listen to worship music. Gospel music was a part of African-American culture and the belief of God as our leader. They were not allowed to listen jazz because it was thought of as secular and devil music I her words. My grandmother’s…

society years after they are released. For example, ‘Strange Fruit’ written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie Holiday in 1939, is a song that protests the lynching of African American’s in the southern states of the US. Lynchings in the US was the organized torture, mutilation and ultimately killing by hanging of African Americans accused of crimes. These events turned into horrific public occurrences attended by hundreds sometimes thousands of watchers were photographs of the lynched were…

listening to music that sends the messages that it is okay for men to beat their wives and girlfriends because they are above the law. This has had an extremely negative effect in the black community. As stated by McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community because it links to racism, violence, and misogyny ” (McWhorter). In “Rap Music and Rap Audiences,” it states that “many scholars note that some rap lyrics attempt to objectify, devalue, or subjugate African American women through…

Bois. Du Bois encourage African Americans needed to close the ranks of the whites. African Americans joined to show their patriotism and self-worth. As a soldier myself I can relate with Du Bois with the points he made. Serving gave these men pride in themselves and the strength to want equality. This piece of Du Bois’s legacy to America caught my attention because of the time period when racial segregation was the norm. Du Bois made contributions to the African American most don’t know…

carried an impact to modern day. When the Great Migration happened, many African Americans had migrated from the South into the Northern and Western area. The known and pronoun white area had become a diverse community. The movement was followed by the Harlem Renaissance; also created because of their culture and artistic abilities such as painting, writing, music, and more. The harlem Renaissance was was the soul of the migrated African American’s heart. One of the branches apart if it was the…

This scene is shown twice in the music video. One of them shows the boy dancing in front of a line of police officers with various weapons aimed at him. This serves as a nod to the "Black Lives Matter" movement. The boy standing in front of the line of police officers shows the helplessness…

America’s Jazz Age: How the Music started a Movement In the wake of the resolution of World War I, the American people began to work to improve both the public morale and the economy. One main transformation during the early 1920s was the growth in the music industry, in particular, jazz. The onset of the jazz age was a dynamic and controversial movement in American culture, a turning point for racial and sexual relations, and a pivotal moment in the development of technology, which changed…

The Jazz Age took place in the 1920s. In this era jazz music and dance came together and created what is known today as the Jazz Age. This name was adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald, an American novelist and short story writer. He came up with this name because of the rhythms it had, fast paced beats, and the style and spirit that it possessed. In this literary analysis, tone, symbolism, and imagery will be acknowledged and discussed based on the lyrical rhythm this song has. Billie Holiday…

Colorism in music has been more apparent nowadays in many different forms. Whether it’s an artist’s skin tone resulting in certain sales, or the controversy based off of one’s appearance, it is very real and it personally doesn’t bother me.
 Let’s talk about what I mean when I say “colorism in music” as I give clear examples to what they are and represent. Colorism in music can also be viewed as cultural appropriation. I say this because of my main example, whites taking what blacks have already…