Essays on African American Culture

Many critics and fans alike have come to put labels on different eras of hip-hop. These labels are accurate to the state of hip-hop at the time. However, to fit with the discussion of my question, I have split hip-hop into two distinctive groups, old…

Introduction Jazz music was historically a transformative and iconic type of music which had the capacity to restructure the way artists approached developing their sounds. The African American culture thrived off of the success of jazz music in the 1920s and it helped to completely…

The discrete identity of African-American culture emerged from the past experiences of slavery and the strong impacts of racial discrimination. This culture developed disjointedly from the American culture; this is because the black Americans desired to maintain their own cultural practices. However, this culture originates…

The Extortion of African American Culture in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom In the early 1900’s African American’s used the Blues a s a way of expressing their troubles, including their inability to find a proper niche in a predominately white society. The Blues became a…

In 1968, the Black Studies department was founded at University of California, Santa Barbara as a result of student activism and a radical movement for fundamental education reform. The Black Student Union protested as a means of addressing racial issues faced by the black population…

Cutting essay on the decades of reconstruction and their impact on the early 20th century is gripping on its own, but when considered in context, it becomes even more powerful. Reading this text one year ago is what sparked my interest in the unique problems…