1. Music: Its Purposes in the African American Community Other
This is a very prominent question when looking at the history of African American music. ... First, let us look at the history of the first era of African American music, "Slave music (1600s -1860s)." ... Lastly, the songs were used for historical purposes; old folk songs contained the history of African cultures and slave communities. ... The next era of African American music was called, "Classical African American Music (1860s -1950s)." ... Lastly, African American music leads to the establishment of various schools, for African Americans, that offered degrees in the arts and th...
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