Public Enemy Background Public Enemy is a male hip-hop group that dominated the 1980s and 1990s. Originating in Long Island, New York, the group consisted
Techno Techno music originated in Detroit in the 1980s. Techno music was influenced by house music from Chicago. Techno was created by three men: Juan
Disco by Olivia Tomlinson Disco was the primary music genre in the 1960s. Disco got its name from discotheque’s, the dance oriented clubs that would
Gospel by Olivia Tomlinson The origin of black gospel finds it roots within negro spirituals. Gospel began to rise in the 1930s. Thomas Dorsey, known
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Black Intellectualism & Jazz During the 1920s, there was a boom in black artistry and intellectualism. The Harlem Renaissance inspired black artists and thinkers to
Ragtime by Olivia Tomlinson Ragtime began around 1896 and continued up until the 1920s, where it was replaced by jazz. Ragtime introduced uptempo syncopated beats,
How the Blues was Therapeutic for Black People by Olivia Tomlinson The blues was a secular music created in the early 20th century. Prior to
Jubilee Quartets by Olivia Tomlinson Fisk Jubilee Singers The Fisk Jubilee singers helped to make Negro spirituals popular in the US. They were originally started
Review of Marian Anderson by Olivia Tomlinson Marian Anderson’s performance at the Lincoln Memorial raised awareness to the power of black women in civil rights
