Black Music Scholar – The Evolution of African American Music

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Rihanna: Empowering Icon and Trendsetter

Brandi - The Princess of R&B

Evolution of Gospel

wHeRe dId jAzZ GO?

Get it Back in Blues

Rhythm and Blues

"Love, Peace, and Soul"

Feminism Hip Hop Scholarship

Hip Hop Scholarship

Is Hip-Hop the New Gospel?

Jay Z : The Greatest Rapper Alive

X Marks The Spot

My Life: As Mary J. Blige

Artist Bibliography: Nicki Minaj

Hip Hop Decades

2010's and the revolution of Hip Hop

How Ice-T Brought Gangster Rap to the Masses

Mary J. Blige: Queen of Hip-Hop R&B

Techno Music Scholarship

Wha-a-t in the Tech-n-ooo

Why I dislike Techno Music

Beep Beep Boop Techno Beep Beep

TECHnically Techno

Jeff Mills - "The Wizard"

Funk Music Scholarship

All About The Funk

Bringin' Back Jazz and Funk: Tank and the Bangas

George Clinton: A Catalyst of Unity

That Funky Funk

Funk: Getting Socially Active with James Brown

Perseverence: Chaka Khan

The Versatility of Funk

Let's Go to Funky Town!

The Kings of Funk and Soul

Soul Music Scholarship

Brandi - The Princess of R&B

"Love, Peace, and Soul"

Musiq SOULchild

Soul Music: The Temptations

All Hail the Queen... of Soul

My Life: As Mary J. Blige

The Isley Brothers: Best In The Making

Aretha - A Name To Be Respected

Obama Snubbed Etta James

R&B Scholarship

Brandi - The Princess of R&B

Rhythm and Blues

Rhythm and Blues: Memphis Sound through Booker T. and the MGs

George Clinton: A Catalyst of Unity

My Life: As Mary J. Blige

The Isley Brothers: Best In The Making

India.Arie (Artist Post)

Artist Paper - Kehlani

Gospel Scholarship

Evolution of Gospel

Is Hip-Hop the New Gospel?

Evolution Of Gospel Music

Melodies From Heaven

Decades of Gospel Evolution

Gospel: Praise Over the Time Periods

Gospel Through the Decades

Mary Mary, New Age Gospel

Dr. Mattie Moss Clark - A Gospel Music Pioneer

Jazz Scholarship

Bringin' Back Jazz and Funk: Tank and the Bangas

Louis Armstrong and the Power of His Voice and Trumpet

A Lasting Impact: An Overview of The Influence of 'A Love Supreme'

Jazz: Influence of Jazz on Music

Aretha - A Name To Be Respected

Pursuance: An Element of 'A Love Supreme'

Blues Scholarship

Get it Back in Blues

The Blues Behind The Blues

Mamie Smith's Impact on Blues

The Faces Behind The Genre: How Black Women Shaped Blues Music And Their Lasting Impact

Black Women and Blues

Mamie Smith: Black Women Making Waves in Blues

The Exploitation of Blues

Black Women and the Blues

The Emotions of the Blues

The Blues of a Black Woman: Bessie Smith

Ragtime Scholarship

Women During Black Movements

The Female Composer

Uplift, Gender, and Scott Joplin's Treemonisha: Nora Douglas Holt

Lifting as We Climb: The Influence of Black Women Activists on Joplin's Treemonisha.

Treemonisha: The Role of Women Scholars in Uplifting the Black Race

Scott Joplin and Uplift: How Treemonisha Uplifted the Black Community

Harriet Gibbs Marshall's Powerful Impact through Music on Racial Uplift: Treemonisha

Constructing Uplift and Womanhood: Treemonisha's Plot and Libretto

Ideologies of Racial Uplift and Gender: The Experiences of Anna Julia Cooper

Jubilee Quartet Scholarship

Hidden Treasure: Wheat Street Female Quartet

Opening Doors and Creating Spaces, How The Fisk Jubilee Started A Movement

The Golden Gate Quartet's: Stalin Wasn't Stallin'

The Development of Jubilee Quartets

Jubilee Quartets

Jubilee Quartets

Black People Bring the Flavor and the Style!

Influence On The Black Sound

Shedding Some Light on Underrated Jubilee Quartets

Jubilee Quartet

Negro Spirituals Scholarship

Religion and Defiance: Negro Spirituals

How Negro Spirituals Influenced the Black Church

The Black Church

The Long-Lasting Impact of Negro Spirituals

Negro Spirituals: The Slave Songbook

Oh Freedom!: Spirituals as a Second Language

Spirituals: A Great Way of Performing? Or Another Spectacle for White People?

Negro Spirituals: Keeping the Tradition vs Innovation

Spirituals vs Hymns

Voices That Carried On

Negro Folk Music Scholarship

The Creation of Folk Music- Through the Lens of A Powerful Black Woman

The Genre Defying Nina Simone

A Black Woman's Advocacy in Music: Nina Simone

Folk Revolutionary Musician: Tracy Chapman

Nina Simone: The Liberating Voice for Her People

Do You Know Your Folklore?

Passing the Torch: Black Women Activism through artistic outlets

NINA SIMONE: Voice of a Revolution

All Music is Folk Music