music history
- Politics, Power & Governance
Champion or copycat? Elvis Presley’s ambiguous relationship with black America
After Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender explained that: “When Elvis Presley breathed his…
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Contrary to Popular Belief, the Blues Were Not Born on the Mississippi Delta
The blues was born in the Mississippi Delta, fathered by black men who sang and played guitars, and these men…
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