When We Talk About Black History We Must Include Music

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created in 1979 by then-president Jimmy Carter — African-American Music Appreciation Month in an effort to expand knowledge of and recognition for the contributions of African Americans across all music genres.

As such, the legacy of music in the African-American community is a key part of our history and we can’t talk about one without discussing the other. “Black Music Is All Music” In recent years, Black music had come to be viewed in a very limited scope with rap, R&B, soul, and hip-hop defining the sound.

Music journalist J’na Jefferson is among those who have worked to uncover the Black artists at the genesis of various classes of music. “Black music is all music; pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, country—we’ve had our roots firmly planted in