African-American music

One of my hero’s that I admire would be an American rapper, record producer and an actor. His name is Tupac Amaru Shakur. Also known as, 2pac. He was born June 16 1971 in East Harlem, New York City. He died on September 13 1996 in Las Vegas, NV. The cause of his death was murder. On September 7th 1996, Tupac was leaving a boxing event in Las Vegas when he was shot multiple times. Six days later, he passed away on the 25th of September. To me, my hero is someone who will never give up, even when…

Despite issues within the African American community, some white people and other people of color have a more favorable view of darker skin tones. Some commenters, in the documentary, who had darker skin tones described going to other countries and people of color practically gawking over how beautiful they were. There were also a few white men who described how their African American wives were beautiful and did not have any negative connotations with her darker skin tone. The pivotal part…

There were many great leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Many of those leaders fought hard for what they believed in and sometimes the fates of those courageous people were not pleasant. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela fought the battle against discrimination peacefully; however, it resulted in great consequences for them both. Today, the world is familiar with some of the events that occurred during this time of struggle and devastation. It was never easy for the…

During the period of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of the arousing black artistic identity was spreading over time. The artistic identity involved racial pride in music, art, and poetry. George Schuyler’s article “The Negro Art Hokum” emphasized the idea that that negro art is just American art. Langston Hughes expressed his opinion through his article “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”, claiming that every art has its own beauty through the confidence of race. Zora Neale Hurston…

“I see America through the eyes of a victim. I don’t see any American dream. I see an American nightmare.” – Malcom X 52 years ago Martin Luther King Junior stood on the steps of the Lincoln memorial and became the face of a revolution. The civil rights movement saw African Americans finally gain a sense of equality amongst their white counterparts. Despite America priding themselves on being a post-racist society, they live in a society that is anything but post-racial. We live in a world that…

The world contains many famous figures who have taken a stand against important issues that they believed to be inhumane or morally wrong. Malcolm X was a man who played a large role in the civil rights movement to help unite black and white people in America through any means necessary. As exemplified throughout Malcolm’s speeches, he strongly believes that one must put his religion aside to fight against the common enemy, in this case, the white people. Malcolm’s role in the Nation of Islam,…

Many African-Americans left the South in great numbers and went to places such as New York, Chicago, Cleveland, etc. This is called the Great Migration. There were movements that suggested them to go back to Africa, even when there were some of them that had never been there. One of the people that promoted this was Marcus Garvey. Anyways, just a few people did this. Most of them just created their own African-American culture. There was a Klan against colored…

company called Motown based off a eight-hundred dollar loan from his family. Little did Gordy know that his automobile assembly line based music label would be starting a revolution. He wanted to make hit songs like everyone else, but he wanted to appeal to all types of people, the general audience of all colors and ethnicities. Not only did Gordy build a music studio, but a school for singer-performers, who where local teenagers that were less…

Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909. Her parents were Christian and Chestina Welty. She attended high school at Jackson’s Central High School from which she graduated in 1925. Welty is considered one of the most distinguished graduates of the Jackson Public School system. After high school, she attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus and then went to study at the University of Wisconsin, where she received her bachelor’s degree. After this, she…

Blues In the play Fences written by August Wilson, there are many different genres of music such as Gospel and the Blues. The Blues genre originated within the African American community. It is a type of music that expresses overwhelming feelings such as the depressions experienced or the exhilarations of daily life. The lyrical verses of the Blues are a way of expression to the African American people and people of other ethnicities who enjoy partaking in creating its soulful vibes. In the…