African-American music

a time in where the American people experienced extreme highs; a time of recovery, optimism, luxury, and ease followed by a time of homelessness, hunger, fear, and dependence. Post WWI, there was an all-embracing shift from war to peace. This Interwar Era shift was predominantly seen in government and political reform, industry and the lives of workers, lifestyles and newly accepted social norms, and continued racism and segregation between blacks and whites. The American government was more…

Williams Born April 22, 1943 in Staten Island, New York During his early youth Scott W. Williams was raised in Baltimore by an academically orientated family. His family was involved in many things like the civil rights movement, African American history, and music all of his uncles and aunts had graduated college with at least one degree. His father Roger Williams served in the military but was one of the first blacks to graduate from Penn state with a Ph.D. in psychology. His mother Beryl…

Dance is expression. Dance is movement. Dance is a way of expressing feeling using your body as a transport to release emotions. As defined by webster dictionary, Sacred dance encompasses all movement that expresses or enhances spiritual experiences. There are many forms of sacred dance but they all revolve around spiritual connections within oneself and the world around them. Yoga is one form that one looks within to find inner peace to gain relaxation through different bodily positions. One…

African Americans are often stereotypically featured in advertisements to promote the hip hop culture or become athletes. Julia Bristor suggests that “this limited view of African Americans in non-occupational and often leisurely roles may be damaging in that it suggests to the public that they have little to work towards except for a future in hip hop or sports” (Bristor 14). Pepsi’s representation of African Americans fails to reflect on the shifting perceptions of African Americans in our…

The Jim Crow Era refers to the time period between the late 1800s and the mid 1900s when African Americans in America were socially, economically, and physically treated unfairly. The Jim Crow laws were made after the Reconstruction period, and those laws continued in with great force until 1965. The laws followed the Black Codes and the federal law provided civil rights protection in the South of the U.S. for freedmen and free blacks. “Jim Crow” was a slang term for a black man. Thus the name…

African American poet, Langston Hughes, a world renowned prominent author, wrote the poem Mother to son, and the short story Thank you Ma’m, and many other stories. This author used many different methods to get his meaningful messages across and shared many common themes. Dazzling dancing, jazz music, soul music playing and vibrant art all described the Harlem renaissance. the Harlem Renaissance which was a time period in the 1920’s was when he earned his livings completely from writing. By…

More specifically he moved to Harlem, a major center of African- American culture. The narrator finds the different between the North and South unbelievable. He is amazed to find white drivers obeying the directions of black policemen, on the subway he stresses out about being to close to a white woman, and in a diner…

Lamar’s 2015 hit song “Alright” which described exactly what Black Nationalist talked about. Tired of politely asking for human rights and now they are demanding a new level of human existence. "Alright" was fused spoken word, live jazz, traditional African dance and a reference to the death of teen Trayvon Martin. He said he was facing a war that was based on apartheid and discrimination. “When you know, we been…

various forms of literature, visual art, music and movement to navigate the changing dynamics of the world. Dance is a universal way of expression. Through prolonged study and practice, dance engages with the body’s linguistics. Through…

“progressive” social scientists depiction of African American culture and the reinforcement of black stereotypes through Hip-Hop and the music industry. One reason, which is the driving motive behind nearly everything, is money. While one may not think as social scientists doing a specific study for monetary purposes, however Kelley states “white America’s fascination with pathological urban poor translated into massive book sales” (Kelley 1997: 20). Similarly, the music industry is all…