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Maya Angelou Black History Month Special

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  Alicia Keys and The Poetry of Music

  Often people use the term, “classical music.” I always make the distinction between European classical music and “classical music” when Americans use this term. American classical music has to be the blues, spirituals, jazz, country music and folk music.

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  The Importance of the African American Playwright and Regina Taylor

  Langston Hughes wrote a poem, Note on Commercial Theatre, that expressed the idea that it is best to get the authentic art from the people themselves who make the art.