Exhibition Overview Test

“THE BLACK MUSICIAN HAS CREATED AN ENTIRELY NEW MUSIC—IN A STYLE PECULIARLY AFRO-AMERICAN—THAT TODAY SPREADS ITS INFLUENCE OVER THE ENTIRE WORLD. . . .PERHAPS THE PRESENT STUDY WILL STIMULATE GENERAL RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION INTO SPECIAL ASPECTS OF BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC.”

Eileen Southern
The Music Of Black Americans: A History (New York: W.W. Norton, 1971)