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By: Dr. Krystal Klingenberg, a curator of music in the division of Culture and the Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...
A "cultural Mecca" for the Black community, Harlem's historic Apollo Theater is set to undergo a major renovation. Newsweek ...
Over the years, many important African American landmarks have disappeared ... The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in New York City, where Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra performed.
(CBS12) — The Sunset Lounge, a historic venue celebrated for its rich legacy in African American music and culture ... artists like Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong.
AFRICAN AMERICANS. Cleveland's African American community is almost as old as the city itself. GEORGE PEAKE, the first Black settler, arrived in 1809 and by 1860 there were 799 Black people living in ...
For more than 30 years, the SC African American Heritage Commission has taken a serious effort in preserving the rich African American History in South Carolina. The African American Historic ...