Thanks to these musicians, the Black community's ... The 12-time Grammy winner will go down in history as the first African ...

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A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday at 91 years old ...

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Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation ... One of the most impactful Black singers in music history was Aretha Franklin. The mezzo-soprano ...

To mark Black History Month – as well as the Chineke ... for works that defiantly affirmed his identity as an African American gay man. Although he died homeless and all but forgotten in ...

The National Museum of African American Music, or NMAAM, is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many ...

And his story is part of the fabric of African American and American music history. [Heartfelt piano continues] - Has there been any conversation today with the descendants of the Bethune family?

Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, will launch a course on Beyoncé, who currently leads the 2025 Grammy nominations, ...

See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material ...

April Eaton sits down with Dion Brown. President and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music, and Noelle Taylor, ...