Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
*In the late 50′s the atmosphere in America was beginning to percolate from the movement for civil rights. And as this movement continued to grow and develop, and ultimately reach it’s peak throughout the sixties, it was the music of Ray Charles that would heal the souls of black and white alike. His vocal […]
Ray Charles Forever postage stamp *The late great entertainer extraordinaire Ray Charles will be honored with a Ray Charles Forever postage stamp on Monday September 23rd which would…
Ray Charles Forever postage stamp *The late great entertainer extraordinaire Ray Charles will be honored with a Ray Charles Forever postage stamp on Monday September 23rd which would have been his 83rd birthday. As part of its Music Icons Forever series, the U.S. Postal Service will be unveiling the stamp hosted by the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. Charles’ daughter […]
Seven of Ray Charles’ children have been sued by members of the late singer’s charity foundation, reports CNN. Executives behind The Ray Charles Foundation claim they were named the sole benefactors, with Charles setting up a $500,000 trust for each of his kids in exchange for a guarantee that they “relinquished and waived any further […]
Despite all the biopics that have already been made – on Ray Charles, Muddy Waters and Chess Records, Muhammad Ali, Notorious B.I.G., Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker and Motown (C’mon, you know that was what “Dreamgirls” was really about), there are still a wealth of historical African-American figures and entertainers that have not yet had their […]
soul (Middle English, from Old English sawol) – 1. the animating and vital principle in human beings, credited with the faculties of thought, actions and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity. 2. a sense of ethnic pride among African-Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion and music.