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The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is a museum in Nashville, Tennessee. The museum showcases the musical genres inspired, created, or influenced by African-Americans. [1] Its location at Fifth + Broadway in Downtown Nashville, as opposed to historically-Black Jefferson Street, has been controversial.
John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 – February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager.
It was a center for the Nashville sit-ins in the 1960s, but the construction of Interstate 40 across the street in 1968 led to its economic decline. Since 2011, Lorenzo Washington and his staff at the Jefferson Street Sound Museum, the neighborhood community music museum is conserving the [2] musical legacies of the 1940s through 1970s. [3]
The late, great Donny Hathaway once said in a 1973 Sun-Reporter interview that “American music is Black music.” When asked... View Article The post Museum dedicated to Black American music ...
Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month. It's an opportunity to highlight the contributions of Black artists ...
One year ago, the National Museum of African-American Music (NMAAM) opened in Nashville in conjunction with Martin Luther King, Jr. The post National Museum of African-American Music provides ...
WSOK was the first station in the Nashville market to program primarily to the city's African-American community. Robert W. Rounsaville bought the station from Cal Young around 1957, the call letters were changed to WVOL, but the station continued its focus on the local African-American community. Roundsaville built WVOL a new studio and ...
The Nashville Municipal Auditorium is an indoor sports and concert venue in Nashville, Tennessee.It opened October 7, 1962 with both an arena and exhibition hall. The former exhibition hall has been permanent home to the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum since 2013.