Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential music styles.
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Black History Month provides a wonderful opportunity to introduce or reinforce the fact that African and African American music has had a transformative influence on music in the United States. Born out of and continually formed in the midst of brutal cruelty and injustice, the music of African Americans brought styles and innovations that defined and redefined music in the United States and throughout the world.
This story is made up of many characters in thousands of places spanning several continents and hundreds of years. Two places in the United States, Congo Square in New Orleans and 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, tell this story in a particularly clear way. Teaching about these places provides students with a clear entry into this music history as well as anchor points that you can supplement with additional information.
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