SUNDAY DEC 15TH, 8:30PM ON NITV, BLACK MUSIC: AN AMERICAN (R)EVOLOUTION. Free at Last - The story of African American music and the civil rights movement. After the assassination of Martin Luther King, Black musicians moved away from the polite and polished sounds of Motown towards a more aggressive affirmation of their Blackness. But that didnt last, and the angry political message of Public Enemy was soon replaced with the crass materialism of gangsta rap and cute R&B songs.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 08:00:00 +0000
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