However African culture was not the only influence on American popular music, Irish and Italian cultures also greatly contributed to American music. ... One of the biggest purposes of pop songs is for the function of profit. Very often pop music is written to send out a message that is usually hard to put into word. ... Music is an important part of our cultures today as it was in the past. ...
Pop's, who is my grandfather, came from Jacksonville, Florida. Pop's would narrate many historical events that took place in Harlem, which brought us to the turning points of Harlem. ... Certainly Harlem was a culture center for Blacks, but it was also during this period in the 1920's that Harlem emerged as a slum. ...
Where once their existence was hardly acknowledged, black Americans have stormed the scene of pop culture. ... Their art isn't just about having a voice; it's also about celebrating their mere blackness, their culture, simply their way of life. ...
As a child Baraka deeply affected by his pop culture heroes he created his very own comic strips and science fiction tales. ... After the death of Malcolm X he argued in the "Legacy of Malcolm X, and the coming of the Black Nation," that black people are a race , a culture, a Nation.... He felt that the Black artist must express his American experience in forms that spring from his own unique culture and that his art must be evaluated by standards that grow out of his own culture. ...
Walker and Marshall write about an identity they have found with these women because of their exposure to the African culture. ... Walker's and Marshall's identification is related to the African-American culture that they have been exposed to throughout their lives. ... Walker identifies with this potential and she expresses their creativity and culture through her own writing. ... In fact, Walker may have been referring to women who were living during the time when Hurston was writing: "Most writers of her time wanted to reject the South because of its racism; few wanted to celebra...
