Funk By: Nyla Griffith Inspired by R&B and jazz music, funk music emerged in the United States around the 1960s and became popular. It was
Concert Report By: Nyla Griffith This semester I had the privilege of attending the Spelman and Morehouse College Glee Club Christmas Carols Concert. I attended
Blues and the Black Workforce By: Nyla Griffith The era of the blues saw many socioeconomic changes and was heavily influenced by what was happening
Hip-Hop By: Nyla Griffith in the 1970s. It revolutionized both music, and the United States as a whole. In its early days, hip-hop was classified
Jazz & Black Intellectualism By: Nyla Griffith Jazz as a genre emerged in New Orleans in the early 1920s to the 1930s. More specifically, it
Gospel By: Nyla Griffith Following the era of blues and jubilee quartets, a new genre emerged. Gospel reached its peak in the 1920s. Gospel music
The Era of Disco By: Nyla Griffith Influenced by pop, funk, and soul, the genre of disco emerged in New York in the 1970s as
Musical Theater By: Nyla Griffith Musical theater began around the 1840s and continues to the modern day. Originally black people, and specifically African Americans were
Techno By: Nyla Griffith The genre of techno, which followed the jazz era was a sub genre of funk music. It originated in Detroit, Michigan
Ragtime Following the era of Negro Spirituals and folk music, a new era emerged. The genre of Ragtime was a uniquely American genre created and
Jennifer Hudson By: Nyla Griffith Bibliography Jennifer Hudson was born on September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. She began singing at the age of seven
What are Negro Spirituals? Negro Spirituals was one of the first genres to be born in the United States. It was created in slavery times
Jubilee Quartets- By Nyla Griffith In the period of 1880-1929, a new genre of music was born in the African American community. This new genre
A Review of “Folk Music: An African-American Creation” By: Nyla Griffith Folk music began hundreds of years ago as a result of the oppression that
“Lift Every Voice: Marian Anderson” Article Review By: Nyla Griffith “Lift Every Voice: Marian Anderson, Florence B. Price And The Sound of Black Sisterhood” by
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